Thought Library

A collection of thoughts, ideas, and questions

Michelle Vigen Ralston Michelle Vigen Ralston

Welcoming Kate: A Thoughtful Collaborating Consultant

Common Spark welcomes our newest Sparkler, Kate Heller, who will be co-leading the Energy (in)Equity trainings and providing strategic advising and client services, such as stakeholder engagement, policy and communications writing, and project management.

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Suhaila Sikand Suhaila Sikand

From Junior to Consultant: Two Key Lessons from My Journey

It’s been over a year and eight months since Suhaila started working as a Junior Consultant with Common Spark Consulting and her journey has proved that she had a lot to learn. Here, she digs into two of key takeaways and how they’ve shaped her to become a Consultant.

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Michelle Vigen Ralston Michelle Vigen Ralston

It’s Here: An Energy-specific Racial Equity Training

We are so excited to announce the launch of our latest offering: a professional training on applying a racial justice and equity lens to unveil systemic injustices perpetuated through the energy industry and what you can do differently in your work. Register for Energy (in)Equity today!

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Suhaila Sikand Suhaila Sikand

Building the *Right* Kinds of Relationships

We often hear and say that building relationships is important in policy advocacy work. But what does that really mean? And why is that really important? Read more to find out.

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