It’s just physics, right?  Set the ball in motion, it bounces off the cushion, hits another, falls into the pocket, just as you’d expect. Except it doesn’t The leadership of Talking and Shopping is frustrated with Washington and Washington is tired of ...

The questions are simple. The answers?   We don’t know. At best, we have a senatorial aide who doesn’t know how to type. Or is incapable of being sociable. Abby Alton of T&S is preparing for an appearance before the Senate.

Every job is middle management. Everyone is caught between someone above and someone below.   And that hook that captures you is always tricky.  Sometimes that sharp little tine is friendship.  Sometimes, its money.

Not everyone presents themselves well. Not everyone holds to the company policy. Not everyone is good at working the room. What skills do you need when your client presents themselves in the worst possible light?     The Senior Management,

Hardship means different things at different times.   Abby Alton, the CEO of Talking and Shopping, finishes a long day of meeting members of Congress.   In place of a moment of rest, she is faced with an obsequious assistant,

Strangers in a Strange Land. Abby Alton and Ed Kowalski, the leaders of the Internet Giant Talking & Shopping, have come to Washington like castaways on a distant shore.   They know that they have to build better relationships with the National Governm...

Swapping Gossip.   A pair of old friends meeting for lunch. What is Talking and Shopping trying to do in DC?  Is Big Tech vulnerable?  Is there some agenda that they don’t see? And then there is the reporter.  Did I mention the reporter?

You’d think they’d be on the same side. Wouldn’t that be obvious? But the CTO has arrived in Washington and things that he should be the center, the center of attention.   But that was never the plan. And not only will he have to convince his boss,

There’s a reason.  A senatorial aide who seems inept at social media? There’s a reason.  A trade association director who seems to be speaking in tongues? There’s a reason.   An administrative assistant who has a little too much data about you,

Does this happen to you? Your Uber Driver knows more than you’re client? It’s embarrassing, yes? Big Tech spends millions, hundreds of millions, of dollars in Washington and what do they get for their money?   A service.   Nothing more. A service.