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Honest Broker and Bridge Builder Concept and Where to go André Schneider [email protected]

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Honest  Broker  and  Bridge  Builder  

Concept  and  Where  to  go  

André  Schneider  Andre.Schneider@AndreSchneider-­‐GlobalAdvisory.com  

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IntroducBon  

•  In  today’s  world,  all  decision-­‐makers,  from  business,  government  and  civil  society,  are  more  and  more  confronted  with  complex  decision  situaBons.  Such  situaBon  are  characterized  by    –  a  high  level  of  complexity,  interconnectedness  and  number  of  

alternaBves,  hence  the  risk  to  miss  a  beIer  and  more  sustainable  soluBon  or  chose  a  soluBon  with  a  badly  understood  level  of  risk;    

–  an  important  need  to  include  all  stakeholders  in  a  real  partnerships  to  allow  the  soluBon  to  be  comprehensively  defined,  and  successfully  implemented.  

•  This  implies  that  the  decision-­‐makers  need  to  be  supported  by  people  that:    –  on  one  hand  can  help  them  expand  and  clarify  the  alternaBves  

for  a  decision  (“Honest  Brokers”)  and;    –  on  the  other  hand  are  capable  of  building  bridges  to  the  other  

stakeholders  to  support  the  creaBon  of  a  plaRorm  for  a  real  partnership  (“Bridge  Builders”).  

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Concept  “Honest  Broker”  

•  In  the  realm  of  helping  people  or  insBtuBons  clarifying  on  decision  or  policy  alternaBves  we  can  disBnguish  four  fundamental  roles  (based  on  the  excellent  book  by  Roger  A.  Pielke  Jr  :  The  Honest  Broker  :  Making  Sense  of  Science  in  Policy  and  PoliBcs,  Cambridge  University  Press  2007):  –  InformaBon  Provider;  –  Arbiter;  –  Issue  Advocate;  –  Honest  Broker.  

•  Each  of  these  roles  can  be  described  the  following  way:  –  Informa7on  Provider:  will  give  background  facts  and  informaBon,  will  

not  provide  any  specific  answers  to  the    issue  at  hand.  –  Arbiter:  will  provide  facts  and  informaBon  on  quesBons  around  the  

issue  at  hand.  But  will  provide  them  on  being  asked.  –  Issue  Advocate:  will  propose  a  specific  decision  or  policy  alternaBve  

based  on  his  own  interest.  Will  at  the  same  Bme  reduce  the  holisBc  view  of  all  possible  decision  and  policy  alternaBves.  

–  Honest  Broker:  will  help  to  expand  and  clarify  the  decision  and  policy  alternaBves  in  a  way  that  will  help  the  decision-­‐maker  to  reduce  choice  based  on  his  or  her  own  preferences  or  values.  

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Concept  “Honest  Broker”  

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Reduce                              Decision/Policy  AlternaBves                    Expand/Clarify  

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Honest  Broker  Issue  Advocate  

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Concept  “Honest  Broker”  

•  This  implies  that  a  successful  «  Honest  Broker  »  has  to:  –  Help  expand  and  clarify  all  decision  and  policy  

alternaBves,  including:    •  all  the  key  success  factors;  •  all  the  means  necessary;  •  all  stakeholders  necessary  to  be  involved;    •  all  possible  risks  and  the  necessary  means  of  

miBgaBon.  

–  Help  determine  the  most  appropriate  alternaBve  given  the  framework  and  the  means  available.  

–  Finally  all  this  effort  must  uniquely  follow  the  framework  and  context  of  the  decision-­‐maker  and  not  of  the  “Honest  Broker”.  This  clearly  to  avoid  to  become  a  “Stealth  Issue  Advocate”.    

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Concept  “Bridge  Builder”  

•  The  successful  «  Bridge  Builder  »  needs  to  have  the  following  skills  and  knowledge:  –  A  deep  understanding  where  each  stakeholder  comes  from,  

what  are  his  frame  condiBons  and  what  are  his  decision  alternaBves;  

–  A  full  recogniBon  by  all  stakeholders  that  the  main  objecBve  is  to  build  a  plaRorm  of  equal  partners  and  that  the  conclusion  can  only  be  winning  together  or  losing  together;  

–  A  capacity  to  help  all  stakeholders  realize  and  achieve  what  is  a  winning  alternaBve  for  all.  

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