Kaitlin McCready
@kaitmccready.bsky.social
Tech. Energy. Transportation. Public trust.
Formerly at U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, MTA, Edelman, Oracle.
http://communiostrategies.com
Formerly at U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, MTA, Edelman, Oracle.
http://communiostrategies.com
I dusted off my Prosci change management manual when I heard this.
The process to transform Gaza is happening...without the people it is intending to transform.
Rule 1 of change management: "Successful change requires both technical AND people sides."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
The process to transform Gaza is happening...without the people it is intending to transform.
Rule 1 of change management: "Successful change requires both technical AND people sides."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
Inside the American-Run Base Helping Plan the Future of Gaza
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I dusted off my Prosci change management manual when I heard this.
The process to transform Gaza is happening...without the people it is intending to transform.
Rule 1 of change management: "Successful change requires both technical AND people sides."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
The process to transform Gaza is happening...without the people it is intending to transform.
Rule 1 of change management: "Successful change requires both technical AND people sides."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
What’s the cost of one school closure and its neighborhood walkable school model in a suburb that’s as dense as D.C.?
@keawilson.bsky.social covers this important question that also happens to be important to me personally—Lakewood is my current home.
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/03/o...
@keawilson.bsky.social covers this important question that also happens to be important to me personally—Lakewood is my current home.
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/03/o...
One of America's Most Walkable School Districts Is About To Lose That Title — Streetsblog USA
Lakewood, Ohio, prided itself on its Safe Routes to School program, which is in danger of being lost in a district-wide consolidation.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What’s the cost of one school closure and its neighborhood walkable school model in a suburb that’s as dense as D.C.?
@keawilson.bsky.social covers this important question that also happens to be important to me personally—Lakewood is my current home.
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/03/o...
@keawilson.bsky.social covers this important question that also happens to be important to me personally—Lakewood is my current home.
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/03/o...
Reposted by Kaitlin McCready
If I die and go to heaven perhaps St. Peter or Giovanni Sartori will tell me what regime type I really lived in at this moment in time. Until then, as a matter of collective sensemaking, the degree matters less than the direction of change, which is obvious to anyone who wishes to see it. (2/3)
August 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If I die and go to heaven perhaps St. Peter or Giovanni Sartori will tell me what regime type I really lived in at this moment in time. Until then, as a matter of collective sensemaking, the degree matters less than the direction of change, which is obvious to anyone who wishes to see it. (2/3)
Reposted by Kaitlin McCready
It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He Is Removing Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Reposted by Kaitlin McCready
To be fair, they have to sell the dream. And the dream of all drivers is to not ever encounter other drivers.
Seattle's one fully pedestrianized street is hosting...an automotive photo shoot this afternoon.
August 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
To be fair, they have to sell the dream. And the dream of all drivers is to not ever encounter other drivers.
I know this is serious.
But all I see is a new name for a Bushwick club.
But all I see is a new name for a Bushwick club.
The Paramount-Skydance saga "reeks of Orbanism."
That's the assessment of @gscheiring.bsky.social, who experienced Viktor Orbán's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament. 🧵
That's the assessment of @gscheiring.bsky.social, who experienced Viktor Orbán's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament. 🧵
July 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I know this is serious.
But all I see is a new name for a Bushwick club.
But all I see is a new name for a Bushwick club.
Smart move by OpenAI to launch a testing lab. Experiential marketing (i.e. pop-ups, permanent activations, user testing, etc.) is a useful tactic esp. for intangible brands (software, services).
I would have done it differently 🧵:
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/21/o... @ashleycapoot.cnbc.com
I would have done it differently 🧵:
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/21/o... @ashleycapoot.cnbc.com
OpenAI plans to open first D.C. office next year
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is slated to speak at a conference hosted by the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
www.cnbc.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Smart move by OpenAI to launch a testing lab. Experiential marketing (i.e. pop-ups, permanent activations, user testing, etc.) is a useful tactic esp. for intangible brands (software, services).
I would have done it differently 🧵:
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/21/o... @ashleycapoot.cnbc.com
I would have done it differently 🧵:
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/21/o... @ashleycapoot.cnbc.com
Counterpoint: This data doesn’t demonstrate an approval problem. It demonstrates a COMMUNICATIONS problem.
People don’t know what the federal govt is or what it does for them.
Biden Admin had the same problem. This is not new.
That persistency is the story.
apnews.com/article/poll...
People don’t know what the federal govt is or what it does for them.
Biden Admin had the same problem. This is not new.
That persistency is the story.
apnews.com/article/poll...
July 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Counterpoint: This data doesn’t demonstrate an approval problem. It demonstrates a COMMUNICATIONS problem.
People don’t know what the federal govt is or what it does for them.
Biden Admin had the same problem. This is not new.
That persistency is the story.
apnews.com/article/poll...
People don’t know what the federal govt is or what it does for them.
Biden Admin had the same problem. This is not new.
That persistency is the story.
apnews.com/article/poll...
Saying sorry for the small stuff is a brilliant comms strategy.
It gives him credibility to deny the big stuff.
It gives him credibility to deny the big stuff.
Spent this morning on the Q train with Andrew Cuomo, who took personal responsibility for his lackluster mayoral primary bid. He vows a very different general election run, saying he'll focus on "reaching out to more young people and touching more people." www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/16/a...
Andrew Cuomo, conceding his failed primary campaign was flawed, takes to NYC streets
Andrew Cuomo is shifting gears and taking personal responsibility for running what he admits was a lackluster campaign in the Democratic mayoral primary, acknowledging that any strategic mistakes u…
www.nydailynews.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Saying sorry for the small stuff is a brilliant comms strategy.
It gives him credibility to deny the big stuff.
It gives him credibility to deny the big stuff.
Reading The Power Broker. The civil service reform theories feel...familiar.
"Which historical figure do you most identify with? Considering his work and love for New York City, I would say Robert Moses."
- Donald Trump, 2004
www.vanityfair.com/culture/2004...
"Which historical figure do you most identify with? Considering his work and love for New York City, I would say Robert Moses."
- Donald Trump, 2004
www.vanityfair.com/culture/2004...
Donald Trump Answers the Proust Questionnaire
The billionaire reveals what he would change about himself. Hint: It’s on his head.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Reading The Power Broker. The civil service reform theories feel...familiar.
"Which historical figure do you most identify with? Considering his work and love for New York City, I would say Robert Moses."
- Donald Trump, 2004
www.vanityfair.com/culture/2004...
"Which historical figure do you most identify with? Considering his work and love for New York City, I would say Robert Moses."
- Donald Trump, 2004
www.vanityfair.com/culture/2004...
Literary snobbery x basic summer Americana.
AKA perfection.
Excuse Me, but Your Theme Park Is Actually a Motif Park www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/exc...
AKA perfection.
Excuse Me, but Your Theme Park Is Actually a Motif Park www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/exc...
Excuse Me, but Your Theme Park Is Actually a Motif Park
I just had a tour of your newly renovated theme park. I hate to be that guy, but I just want to mention that, while you refer to your destination a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Literary snobbery x basic summer Americana.
AKA perfection.
Excuse Me, but Your Theme Park Is Actually a Motif Park www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/exc...
AKA perfection.
Excuse Me, but Your Theme Park Is Actually a Motif Park www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/exc...
New game: Truth Social grift or text message scam?
July 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
New game: Truth Social grift or text message scam?
Pair this with the cuts to public media and no emergency info will ever get through.
Apparently Texas sends mass “Blue Alerts” to phones every time a cop is in danger.
And a lot of people are so understandably sick of it that they’ve *turned emergency alerts off entirely*, meaning that they aren’t getting actually-useful notifications.
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/f...
And a lot of people are so understandably sick of it that they’ve *turned emergency alerts off entirely*, meaning that they aren’t getting actually-useful notifications.
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/f...
July 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Pair this with the cuts to public media and no emergency info will ever get through.
Shots fired by Truth Social (now Truth+? I’ve lost the thread on the brand).
July 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Shots fired by Truth Social (now Truth+? I’ve lost the thread on the brand).
I've said it before: the clean energy sector has a branding problem.
Perception: solving one very specific problem that many don't understand or agree w/.
Reality: MUCH better technology that also is (was? 🫣) a major growth sector for the U.S. www.vox.com/climate/4185...
@umairfan.bsky.social
Perception: solving one very specific problem that many don't understand or agree w/.
Reality: MUCH better technology that also is (was? 🫣) a major growth sector for the U.S. www.vox.com/climate/4185...
@umairfan.bsky.social
Trump’s plan to replace clean energy with fossil fuels has some major problems
The budget bill sabotages one of the biggest growth sectors of the US economy.
www.vox.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I've said it before: the clean energy sector has a branding problem.
Perception: solving one very specific problem that many don't understand or agree w/.
Reality: MUCH better technology that also is (was? 🫣) a major growth sector for the U.S. www.vox.com/climate/4185...
@umairfan.bsky.social
Perception: solving one very specific problem that many don't understand or agree w/.
Reality: MUCH better technology that also is (was? 🫣) a major growth sector for the U.S. www.vox.com/climate/4185...
@umairfan.bsky.social
This is as much a story about crisis comms success as it is about media failures.
No interviewer asked about Jolie? The media* is implicitly admitting it has no power/leverage.
*Unclear if Shepard would define himself as media. But he is shaping public perception, so the responsibility remains.
No interviewer asked about Jolie? The media* is implicitly admitting it has no power/leverage.
*Unclear if Shepard would define himself as media. But he is shaping public perception, so the responsibility remains.
I wrote about how Brad Pitt has effectively albeit transparently used F1: The Movie and its press tour to rehabilitate his image, in order to obscure the violent allegations about abuse toward Angelina Jolie & his current estrangement from his six kids, @vulture.com. www.vulture.com/article/brad...
Brad Pitt Is Fooling You
The F1 press tour has been a carefully attuned charm offensive meant to obscure Pitt’s alleged violent behavior toward ex-wife Angelina Jolie.
www.vulture.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is as much a story about crisis comms success as it is about media failures.
No interviewer asked about Jolie? The media* is implicitly admitting it has no power/leverage.
*Unclear if Shepard would define himself as media. But he is shaping public perception, so the responsibility remains.
No interviewer asked about Jolie? The media* is implicitly admitting it has no power/leverage.
*Unclear if Shepard would define himself as media. But he is shaping public perception, so the responsibility remains.
“…When an administrative agency acts contrary to law, it is the Court’s responsibility to remediate the situation and restore the balance of power.”
(Except in D.C., Minnesota and Vermont, apparently.)
@apnews.com apnews.com/article/laws...
(Except in D.C., Minnesota and Vermont, apparently.)
@apnews.com apnews.com/article/laws...
Federal judge orders Trump administration to release EV charger funding in 14 states
A federal judge has partially granted a preliminary injunction that sought to release funds for the build out of electric vehicle chargers in more than a dozen states.
apnews.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“…When an administrative agency acts contrary to law, it is the Court’s responsibility to remediate the situation and restore the balance of power.”
(Except in D.C., Minnesota and Vermont, apparently.)
@apnews.com apnews.com/article/laws...
(Except in D.C., Minnesota and Vermont, apparently.)
@apnews.com apnews.com/article/laws...
"The Chinese government is doing the same thing you see in Europe and in the US–providing policy support, consumer encouragement and infrastructure," Brian Gu, president of EV maker XPeng, tells the BBC.
"But I think China has done it consistently..."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"But I think China has done it consistently..."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
How China made electric vehicles mainstream
The world's second largest economy is both the biggest producer and buyer of EVs.
www.bbc.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"The Chinese government is doing the same thing you see in Europe and in the US–providing policy support, consumer encouragement and infrastructure," Brian Gu, president of EV maker XPeng, tells the BBC.
"But I think China has done it consistently..."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"But I think China has done it consistently..."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Regular reminder that government solves problems no one else wants to and that’s what its super power is.
@andrewjtobias.bsky.social
signalohio.org/ohio-boadban...
@andrewjtobias.bsky.social
signalohio.org/ohio-boadban...
June 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Regular reminder that government solves problems no one else wants to and that’s what its super power is.
@andrewjtobias.bsky.social
signalohio.org/ohio-boadban...
@andrewjtobias.bsky.social
signalohio.org/ohio-boadban...
Word nerd moment.
Isn’t “bypassing the original intent of the Constitution” just a synonym for “doing illegal shit”?
Isn’t “bypassing the original intent of the Constitution” just a synonym for “doing illegal shit”?
Was Trump’s Iran Attack Illegal? Presidential War Powers, Explained.
Bombing Iran without congressional authorization escalated a bipartisan trend of presidents bypassing the original intent of the Constitution.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...
Bombing Iran without congressional authorization escalated a bipartisan trend of presidents bypassing the original intent of the Constitution.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...
Was Trump’s Iran Attack Illegal? Presidential War Powers, Explained.
www.nytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Word nerd moment.
Isn’t “bypassing the original intent of the Constitution” just a synonym for “doing illegal shit”?
Isn’t “bypassing the original intent of the Constitution” just a synonym for “doing illegal shit”?
Reposted by Kaitlin McCready
Kind of like how Texas tried to blame its giant power grid failure on renewables… which (along with the nukes) were basically the only form of generation that held up in the Arctic snap.
Valuable context here from @davidfickling.bsky.social:
Southern Australia faced a similar blackout nine years ago… and has since doubled the share of wind and solar on its grid — to 75%! — without issue, thanks to battery storage and technical fixes www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Southern Australia faced a similar blackout nine years ago… and has since doubled the share of wind and solar on its grid — to 75%! — without issue, thanks to battery storage and technical fixes www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
No, Renewables Didn’t Cause Spain’s Grid Blackout
Shifting to clean generation might occasionally trip, but the effects are short-lived, and easily fixed.
www.bloomberg.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Kind of like how Texas tried to blame its giant power grid failure on renewables… which (along with the nukes) were basically the only form of generation that held up in the Arctic snap.
I haven’t seen an American headline for this Shell EV consumer report so here you go:
“80% of American EV drivers say public charging has improved in the past year”
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
“80% of American EV drivers say public charging has improved in the past year”
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Willingness to switch to EVs fades faster in Europe than US, Shell survey shows
Drivers are becoming more reluctant to switch to electric vehicles from combustion engines and the trend is more pronounced in Europe than in the United States, a survey published by Shell on Tuesday showed.
www.reuters.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I haven’t seen an American headline for this Shell EV consumer report so here you go:
“80% of American EV drivers say public charging has improved in the past year”
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
“80% of American EV drivers say public charging has improved in the past year”
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Finally! A marketing campaign for “attend your city’s public meetings.”
June 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Finally! A marketing campaign for “attend your city’s public meetings.”
🙋♀️ downtown Cleveland
I have created a spreadsheet for crowdsourcing reports of No Kings Day protest attendance. The sheet is publicly available for anyone to edit. This will not be official, but hopefully it will be comprehensive and can serve as a resource for reporters and the public. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
June 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
🙋♀️ downtown Cleveland