Conclave Jockeys
Political mapping is a core part of solution selling.
So intrigue oozes from this short-lived uploaded chart[ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ] (from London's Telegraph) of where papal runners sit ahead of the most secretive of ballots.
Organised religion, blimey. Other views are open. In this race, the odds are widely reported as being stacked heavily in favour of a continuation candidate. Would such tackle the pressing, real issues revolved around stopping child abuse, gender with related woo-woo and runaway pension commitments?
Perhaps more at stake than on our deal selection. Ours though do have greater impact on our here and now and next.
It seems 80 per cent of the 133 electorate were appointed by the previous incumbent. Done so, we are told, in his image. Hence, I suspect, why four of the six pictured possibles on the image above hover around the same stand on its spectrum.
Among the 45 to 80 year old voters, a two-thirds majority is required for white, not black, smoke to billow and signal elevation.
I've blogged long ago about the tendency for one leader to be succeeded by the polar opposite. As so often is the reaction in Enterprises, including Sales departments. The phrase universally used to describe (knock) this change;
thin pope, fat pope.
So given the human tendency towards choosing the opposite of who went before, maybe the psephological crystallomancy here is misplaced.
In any case, whilst the x-axis is clear, a guide on the 'y' would've been nice.
Still, it does show a template for our own prospect persona mapping.
My go-to, entry format being the £/♡ 2×2 of 'Hi or Lo' plots. Pretty much an application of the standard stakeholder management 4-box model.
For political stance beyond Rome, we can have all sorts of other choice. Where prospects may sit on a horizontal scale of 'change' support, for example. Length of tenure, proximity to the process we're impacting or a measure of clout can be among views on the vertical.
Whichever your preferred display, such display you certainly ought have.
Having one, you then need to use it...
[ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ] ... not one of the 24 potentials on said chart was the eventual pick; who, it seems, was a fifty-to-one shot no-hoper on the starting line