The Laboratory Is Washington. The Lessons Belong to Everyone.

Reflections on a second NILE Top Lobbyist honor and what Congress teaches us about influence

Seen and Heard: What the Crime Victims' Rights Act Teaches Us About Why Policy Matters

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Power Moves: How working for Senator Jon Kyl was a masterclass in the leadership skills AI can’t replace

What a 9 year fight in Congress taught me about momentum

Power Principle: Build and maintain momentum, or even the best strategy will stall out.

How Power Moves in Federal Grant Funding: What working on the inside of a federal grant agency and winning more than $10M for clients on the outside taught me about how power moves funding

Join me Tuesday at 12:00 ET for a live webinar on federal grant funding

Power Moves: A National Grid Emergency & $18B Meta Settlement

Highlights from the past week to scale your influence and impact

Lobbying Is Not a Dirty Word

In honor of the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, why the skills that won women the vote are still among the most underused tools in America

Oversharing Builds Trust

What a rooster at DOJ taught me about vulnerability in a professional setting.

Toxic air and toxic silence: What Wildfires Demonstrate About Looking Away

Are you part of the bystander effect because you don't want to be a "Karen?"

Keys to a Great Testimonial: How One Story Rewrote Federal Weather Policy

A real life case study from Congress this year of how tragedy can produce positive change.

5 part exercise to find the small fix to a massive problem

Every broken system has a gap where power leaks — a narrow space between what is expected and what actually happens. The bridge is sometimes small but mighty. Here's how to find it.

The Girl Who Fell Through the Cracks in a System and How to Avoid this Happening in Your Organization

Power Principle: Every broken system has a gap where power leaks. Mind the gap.

8 Keys to Creating Massive Change from the Storming of the Bastille

Most leaders today aren't trying to storm a fortress — they're trying to move an institution, a market, a team, or an industry that feels just as immovable as the Bastille's walls looked on July 14th.

8 Keys for Changing Public Opinion and Creating Lasting Change

What laws about straws teaches us about how change actually happens.

Why the most generous impulse in the world often misses the solution

...And what changes when you go upstream instead.

America at 250: What the Founders knew about getting people to say yes

Seven keys to leadership, influence, and change from the birth of the United States

What I wish I’d known before starting my career in Washington: skills AI can’t replace to connect, persuade and lead well

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