Now is dramatically better than a year ago. It’s not even comparable. Rewrite the cover sheet on your policy idea and ping your network.
The incoming leadership has a massive amount of flexibility, given that they’re fundamentally reshaping so many things at once, but in many cases just have vague ideas rather than specific programs. Give them specific proposals that they can align with their vague pronouncements.
Bureaucrats are finding themselves taking on responsibilities for people who were shifted out the door in a hurry, and have incoming leadership who need staff support badly. The survivors will likely have much more leeway than they did before to stop doing things they don’t want to do, and start doing things they do.
Private sector actors are confronted with government agencies that are in disarray and distracted. Now is a great time to take action.
Uncertainty creates a lot of anxiety, so if you’re generally afraid of your own shadow, you’ll turtle up and hope the storm passes. Given that so many others are doing exactly that, someone ambitious has an opportunity to shape reality around themselves to a degree which was absolutely not possible last year. This is a great time to get stuff done, as long as you’re razor focused on the specific things you actually want.
That being said, if you haven’t spent the last few years working on developing relationships with people in those groups, you might have a problem. They’re probably not talking to anyone they didn’t trust before all this chaos started.
Now is dramatically better than a year ago. It’s not even comparable. Rewrite the cover sheet on your policy idea and ping your network.
The incoming leadership has a massive amount of flexibility, given that they’re fundamentally reshaping so many things at once, but in many cases just have vague ideas rather than specific programs. Give them specific proposals that they can align with their vague pronouncements.
Bureaucrats are finding themselves taking on responsibilities for people who were shifted out the door in a hurry, and have incoming leadership who need staff support badly. The survivors will likely have much more leeway than they did before to stop doing things they don’t want to do, and start doing things they do.
Private sector actors are confronted with government agencies that are in disarray and distracted. Now is a great time to take action.
Uncertainty creates a lot of anxiety, so if you’re generally afraid of your own shadow, you’ll turtle up and hope the storm passes. Given that so many others are doing exactly that, someone ambitious has an opportunity to shape reality around themselves to a degree which was absolutely not possible last year. This is a great time to get stuff done, as long as you’re razor focused on the specific things you actually want.
That being said, if you haven’t spent the last few years working on developing relationships with people in those groups, you might have a problem. They’re probably not talking to anyone they didn’t trust before all this chaos started.