Alison Scotland cut her professional teeth in the challenging world of Standards Australia.
Today she runs the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council.
So, you could say she’s had perfect training for the diplomatic minefield as she now has to tread in her current job of getting agreement on built environment policy from a wide range of stakeholders.
In recent years, the handful of original members that made up ASBEC has ballooned to more than 50 when you add in observer members. It’s a Who’s Who of the industry. And it could not be more disparate. Is it like herding cats?
Are there periodic losses of equanimity and the occasional undermining of agreed policy positions as we’ve heard?
Interviewing Alison turned out to be a delight and a challenge.