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Stefan Borst, Senior Partner Advocacy Strategy In Brussels, Washington, and every other capital where policy meets profit, “access” still...

Alan Hardacre, PhD Co-Founder Advocacy Academy, Advocacy Strategy In Public Affairs the structure of a team is critical. I have, in the...

Stefan Borst, Senior Partner Advocacy Strategy In many boardrooms, Public Affairs (PA) is still regarded as a side activity - an...

When working with large language models, outputs can quickly become vague, verbose, or inconsistent. A template counters that by forcing...

Alan Hardacre, PhD Co-Founder Advocacy Academy, Advocacy Strategy In previous posts of the  Internal Side of Public Affairs  series, I...

Stefan Borst, Senior Partner Advocacy Strategy Ten years ago, the description of the perfect Public Affairs leader was simple enough:...

Everyone wants the benefits of AI in public affairs, but very few want to talk about the boring bit: workflows and SOPs. Yet without...

When I run workshops on AI in public affairs, I often start with a simple question: “To what extent are you already using AI in your...

Alan Hardacre, PhD Co-Founder Advocacy Academy, Advocacy Strategy When I wrote the first posts in this series, I didn’t anticipate...

Stefan Borst, Senior Partner Advocacy Strategy Policy remains the last unmanaged corporate risk. Yet today it is one of the biggest...

Alan Hardacre, PhD Co-Founder Advocacy Academy, Advocacy Strategy The functions  Communications  and  Public Affairs  rarely ever mean...

Whether I'm working with corporate government relations teams, trade associations, or independent consultants, there's a palpable sense...

Stefan Borst, Senior Partner Advocacy Strategy In boardrooms, Public Affairs is often misunderstood. The costs are questioned and results...

Alan Hardacre, PhD Co-Founder Advocacy Academy, Advocacy Strategy In today’s resource-conscious environment, efficiency in Public Affairs...

Alan Hardacre, PhD Co-Founder Advocacy Academy, Advocacy Strategy If Public Affairs wants to be seen as a strategic function, it needs to...

Stefan Borst, Senior Partner Advocacy Strategy Boardrooms today buzz with complaints about mounting bureaucracy. And rightfully so....

Today, we wrapped up the final workshop in a two-month collaboration with a global public affairs team. This wasn’t just a training...

Paul Shotton, PhD Co-Founder Advocacy Academy, Advocacy Strategy and Owner at Paul Shotton Consulting July 29, 2025 1. A Workshop That...

Stefan Borst, Senior Partner Advocacy Strategy Would you walk into a political meeting the same way you enter an investor pitch? Of...

Paul Shotton, PhD Co-Founder Advocacy Academy, Advocacy Strategy and Owner at Paul Shotton Consulting July 10, 2025 Artificial...