### PDP

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[PDP](https://substack.com/@pdp1771603)[Jun 3](https://substack.com/@pdp1771603/note/c-269918006 "Jun 3, 2026, 10:27 AM")

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[PDP](https://substack.com/@pdp1771603)[Apr 23](https://substack.com/@pdp1771603/note/c-247806361 "Apr 23, 2026, 1:41 AM")

If by "normative" you mean "unlikely to succeed", I'd agree. But I'm not. "Normative" (I assume, in the absence of any definition) means "how things are normally done." Oh that they were. The reasons for failure in most organisations is that they don't take a pragmatic approach to analysis, which always starts with understanding the requ…

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[Apr 22](https://substack.com/@mikebrock/note/c-247504605 "Apr 22, 2026, 1:29 PM")

I might suggest you are making a normative argument when you say his business approach is "wrong". I was not.

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[PDP](https://substack.com/@pdp1771603)[Nov 3, 2025](https://substack.com/@pdp1771603/note/c-173057335 "Nov 3, 2025, 7:28 AM")

I think worrying is about right. Trump has cancelled many renewables projects. Having the land is only part of the story. Having the will to do something with it is the other half. Hopefully his vandalism will be cancelled by the courts. In the UK over half our power is produced by renewables.

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