Robyn Bennett

Day 3. #CitiesInPlacemaking. Thanks @bergenkommune for being the best possible hosts: open to sharing, eager to learning and offering their wonderful hospitality.

Day 2. ➡️ Discovering Bergen’s flagship placemaking projects and unveiling the public space challenges our partner cities are tackling. #citiesinplacemaking

NEW REPORT: IMAGINATION ACTIVISM IN CAMDEN We tell the story of Camden Imagines: building #imagination capacity in a local municipality, equipping council officers in the tools and practices of #collectiveimagination 👉 moralimaginations.com/camden-imagines 🧵...

It's no coincindence that climate action is slow to materialise, according to @MazzucatoM. Listen to the full talk now for an inspiring conversation with @miaamormottley about breaking out of insecurity mode and fighting the #climatecrisis 📽️ bit.ly/3Z6FxM6

Here's the one and only @drodriguezfr telling the story of the Bogota Care Blocks and wowing @WorldGovSummit delegates youtube.com/watch?v=-aAHXA… @BogotaInter_nal

All set to go for the Edge of Government 2023 @WorldGovSummit - translating government innovations into interactive + sensory experiences. Most importantly, a chance to meet & be inspired by phenomenal public sector innovators. A few of the highlights...

Thank you @LaskaNenova & the @BGBEACTIVE team! Not only was it a great forum on all things “creative bureaucracy” in Bulgaria, but also what a feat to pull this off just before the Christmas break 👏🏼

Wales is eliminating profit from their children's care system - because they have listened to children and 'it's the right thing to do'. This is a big and horizon shifting transformation for care...

Calling on #publicsector changemakers to nominate their projects & innovative ideas to become part of our programme at the Digital Kick-Off Day, 6 entries will the chance to be part of the @CreatBureauFest. Submit your project till Dec 16: lnkd.in/e_nt4nBe

Meet the #CreativeBureaucracyFestival Jury 2023! 💚 16 remarkable & inspiring figures who are shaking & shaping the public sector world helping us to shape the #CBF2023 programme by viewing & selecting your project proposals. Find out more 👉 creativebureaucracy.org/jury/

#MakingTheSystemShift starts next week! 60+ changemakers from Alaska to Zambia will show us how to: 🧶 Tackle complex challenges 📈 Invest in deeper system change 🔎 Evaluate progress ⚒️ Do the practical work of shifting systems Don't miss out 👉 bit.ly/3UXlNIp

🌈 Reminiscing about our festival in June, another in-person event gathered innovative thinkers just a few days ago: #PlacemakingWeekEurope. Happy to have contributed with inputs from @RobynBennett & @LandryTweet, to have met friends & made new connections. 💡@placemaking_eu

Join me together with @OlafScholz @paulmasonnews @rendiwagner @philippepochet @ReemAlabali @ria_schroeder @Ricarda_Lang and many more, at the Progressive Governance Summit 2022 in Berlin #PGS22 progressive-governance.eu

We’re looking for a Global Director of Storytelling and Communications - someone who understands the role that stories play in shifting systems. This person can be based anywhere in the world. A super exciting opportunity (even if I say so myself…!) app.beapplied.com/apply/wuksia5u…

Incredibly, unbelievably excited that @moral_imagining is launching an Imagination Activism programme today with @CamdenCouncil. We are training council officers in #Camden in the skills of collective imagination and horizontal leadership to become agents of change of Camden.

This is the central dynamic of our times, and it must be broken Here's how it works, and how to break it 🧵

Interesting article highlighting the role that trusting relationships play in supporting effective policy implementation. Building trust requires (1) vulnerability (2) authenticity (3) co-learning (4) empathy (5) bi-directional communication HT @Geekybeck frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

“There’s a need to improve urban equity, but there’s a gap in our tools & shared knowledge for doing so. Our new Accelerating City Equity Project aims to change that” Vital work (& great workshop!) from @gsebag @annaabenhaim @IS_UrbanHealth

WOW, what a week! Crazy, fun, healthy inspiring, soft, cozy, and so much more. It was a blast to present, observe, meet, attend, facilitate, coordinate, and learn. On my way home filled with energy and ideas. Till soon 🥰 #PlacemakingWeekEurope #TheCityWeNeed

Thriving #cities are the result of thoughtful and meaningful changes that had the best interests of their inhabitants in mind. Today exploring different urban layers: built environment, rules & systems with: - @RobynBennett - @JanKatteinArch - @DonicaBuisman - @jornwemmenhove