Baron

Business competition for influence in Washington, D.C. has been redefined by a “Revolution in Political Affairs.”??Several interrelated trends have upended the status quo: the discrediting of the post–Cold War policy consensus, the reemergence of anti-corporate populism, and rising alienation between the governing class and the electorate. These seismic changes demand a reconception of corporate engagement of government.? Baron has spent nearly two decades developing a cohesive set of services to ensure clients prevail. Read our just-released Political Risk Brief on this titanic shift. https://lnkd.in/eyxQmnSU #governmentrelations #business #politics

New Podcast Episode: Earthquake President Trump’s return to the White House already has sent shockwaves through “permanent Washington.” The changes underway constitute the greatest political reform effort attempted in decades. Amid this upheaval and uncertainty, business leaders must navigate unfamiliar challenges and deploy unconventional solutions. This episode of the Political Risk Brief examines the early 20th-century precedent to this revival in American populism. The Baron team then describes the firm’s specific approach to managing risk as the current “Revolution in Political Affairs” attempts to overthrow the old order. https://lnkd.in/e3B3C5df

We called it "Earthquake" because that's what DC feels like these days... In our latest podcast episode, Jonathan Baron, Jonny Fluger, and I explore what this means for major companies and the specific steps we advise our clients to take: 1. Influencer Analytics - track who matters based on quantitative evidence, not hearsay 2. Deep Biography - get beyond the news cycle to actually understand key leaders 3. Transparency Research - identify the commercial forces shaping what's going on 4. Political Risk Assessment - create a practical blueprint for winning the most formidable competitions waged through the public sector A big thank you to Darius Gross for excellent research, Eva Frank for making this happen, and Tevi Troy for fascinating background reading on previous periods of political turbulence. #publicaffairs #governmentrelations #politicalrisk

Business competition for influence in Washington, D.C. has been redefined by a “Revolution in Political Affairs.”??Several interrelated trends have upended the status quo: the discrediting of the post–Cold War policy consensus, the reemergence of anti-corporate populism, and rising alienation between the governing class and the electorate. These seismic changes demand a reconception of corporate engagement of government.? Baron has spent nearly two decades developing a cohesive set of services to ensure clients prevail. Read our just-released Political Risk Brief on this titanic shift. https://lnkd.in/eyxQmnSU #governmentrelations #business #politics

New Podcast Episode: Earthquake President Trump’s return to the White House already has sent shockwaves through “permanent Washington.” The changes underway constitute the greatest political reform effort attempted in decades. Amid this upheaval and uncertainty, business leaders must navigate unfamiliar challenges and deploy unconventional solutions. This episode of the Political Risk Brief examines the early 20th-century precedent to this revival in American populism. The Baron team then describes the firm’s specific approach to managing risk as the current “Revolution in Political Affairs” attempts to overthrow the old order. https://lnkd.in/e3B3C5df

New Podcast Episode: Earthquake President Trump’s return to the White House already has sent shockwaves through “permanent Washington.” The changes underway constitute the greatest political reform effort attempted in decades. Amid this upheaval and uncertainty, business leaders must navigate unfamiliar challenges and deploy unconventional solutions. This episode of the Political Risk Brief examines the early 20th-century precedent to this revival in American populism. The Baron team then describes the firm’s specific approach to managing risk as the current “Revolution in Political Affairs” attempts to overthrow the old order. https://lnkd.in/e3B3C5df

Our firm published almost three years ago a Political Risk Brief on the growing divide between the nation's capital and America. Titled "Boomtown: The Gilded Age of Washington, DC," this analysis included the following warning about the precarious state of the relationship between tens of millions of citizens and the system charged with representing their interests: "The nation’s capital has emerged in recent decades as a remarkably unrepresentative enclave. Although many major American cities have followed a similar course in the modern era, only one serves as the seat of a representative government for a continent-spanning nation.?The profound economic and ideological asymmetry between Washingtonians and the 'average American' increasingly defines and distorts political life.?This trend undermines the capital city’s ability to accept democratic outcomes inconsistent with an intensifying monoculture and, ultimately, threatens the popular legitimacy of the federal government." Please click below to access to full brief. #politics #governmentaffairs #business https://lnkd.in/e5r9EeSp

From "Earthquake," Baron's latest episode of The Political Risk Brief: “Trump, both in principle, but also in his politics, has every incentive to be very aggressive and to push his advantage. So, that means that the current dynamic that's unfolding, which is Trump attacking Washington, trying to disassemble its key power centers, trying to right-size Washington to be more respectful of the national consensus, to close the gap, or at least to get Washington to operate in a more humble, restrained fashion, that shows no signs of abating.” https://lnkd.in/eWg_4Qk8

Business competition for influence in Washington, D.C. has been redefined by a “Revolution in Political Affairs.”??Several interrelated trends have upended the status quo: the discrediting of the post–Cold War policy consensus, the reemergence of anti-corporate populism, and rising alienation between the governing class and the electorate. These seismic changes demand a reconception of corporate engagement of government.? Baron has spent nearly two decades developing a cohesive set of services to ensure clients prevail. Read our just-released Political Risk Brief on this titanic shift. https://lnkd.in/eyxQmnSU #governmentrelations #business #politics

From "Earthquake," Baron's latest episode of The Political Risk Brief: “Trump, both in principle, but also in his politics, has every incentive to be very aggressive and to push his advantage. So, that means that the current dynamic that's unfolding, which is Trump attacking Washington, trying to disassemble its key power centers, trying to right-size Washington to be more respectful of the national consensus, to close the gap, or at least to get Washington to operate in a more humble, restrained fashion, that shows no signs of abating.” https://lnkd.in/eWg_4Qk8