Federal public servants should start preparing themselves for a change to a Conservative government for the first time since 2006.
  • wise_pancake
    16·
    24 days ago

    Be prepared for alternate evidence, frequently anecdotal. Ministers and their staffers often use anecdotes to bolster their arguments and advocacy

    In the private sector this is when I jump ship. I quit my last job over this.

    • Avid Amoeba
      5·
      24 days ago

      You left this beautiful bit out:

      A personal experience can be more powerful than impersonal evidence. Accept that these anecdotes form part of evidence-based policy, albeit selective and incomplete, and recognize the limitations of available data. Strengthen your own advice by illustrating existing evidence with anecdotes.

      • wise_pancake
        13·
        24 days ago

        Yeah that part was fine, I just hate when I present findings to be met with “well I think” when the numbers are concretely showing the opposite.