ABSTRACT
This chapter identifies key external policy-makers relevant to the science of scientists’ group and ensure they get to hear of the great science being carried out and its potential value. There are many who would argue that managing scientists is close to impossibility, something akin to ‘herding cats’. Make time to regularly meet and chat face to face with scientists’ staff to encourage them, but pay particular attention to junior members of staff and their needs. Often the best and most interesting science is done by multi-disciplinary teams working to address complex problems. These teams can include members from different countries, sometimes even in different continents. Both research organisations and universities are ‘re-structured’ with depressing regularity. Each new director/manager entertains hopes that their new structure will in some way stimulate and energise the scientists. It is almost impossible to imagine the management of large scientific organisations and collaborative science projects without email.
