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[[Middle manager]]s do not so much ''have trouble seeing the wood for the trees'', as ''understanding  there is a wood at all''. “All there is ''this'' tree. ''My'' tree. The one with many thin branches, supporting many fat birds, like ''me''.”
[[Middle manager]]s do not so much ''have trouble seeing the wood for the trees'', as ''understanding  there is a wood at all''. “All there is ''this'' tree. ''My'' tree. The one with many thin branches, supporting many fat birds, like ''me''.”


Through this prism, well insulated from the realities beyond the tree’s crown, that one sees only once a client communication crosses that threshold and goes out into the wide world.
Through this prism, one is well insulated from the realities beyond the tree’s crown. The self-involved rarely perceive the reception their communications will get once they cross that threshold and goes out into the wide world.<ref>I know, I know: “look at yourself, o weirdo, you and your one-man wiki, publishing into the void.”</ref> If you are lucky, this will be studied indifference.
 
So first, ask: ''do we ''really'' need to communicate this to clients?'' Will [[Chicken-licken|the sky fall in on our heads]] if we do not?
 
===Is [[bulk email]] the right way to do it?===
Assume that, despite robust challenge and respectful [[escalation]] to the head of [[compliance]] the conclusion remains that yes, this really is significant enough to draw to every client’s attention. Then ask: okay, that being the case, do you really want to do that by spam? Now here ther size and public orientation of your business will be determinative. If you are a retail bank
 
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*[[Email]]
*[[Dear Client]]
*[[Please be advised]]