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Are Political Strategy Meetings Broken?

Why moderation facilitation and follow up —not speeches, not panels—is the leadership skill that actually changes outcomes.

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David Adler
Aug 21, 2026
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Editor’s note: this piece is part of my ongoing advocacy for making facilitators the new superstars of our industry, and for putting facilitated formats to far more universal use, because they produce better results than the panel and podium default most gatherings still reach for. A list of the formats and facilitators referenced in this story runs at …

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