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Communication & influence · Persuasion under skepticism

You're asking a permitting agency to accept an alternative means-and-methods that isn't in their standard details, and the reviewer's default is 'no' because approving something non-standard is their risk. How do you get to yes?

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You're asking a permitting agency to accept an alternative means-and-methods that isn't in their standard details, and the reviewer's default is 'no' because approving something non-standard is their risk. How do you get to yes?

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