Occupying the spaces for transformative change

There is an audible hum across our city just now. The festival in Edinburgh is always heady stuff, creativity crackles, all the senses are tested, choice of entertainment abounds and there is never enough time to do it all it seems. But this year we have the additional hum of political conversation about the Scotland we want in the future. I have never known such inquiry and engagement before. Even as I write this I get “ goosebumps ” , seeing a nation alert and listening and awake to possibility. I have been asked to speak at an event on how we keep people engaged after the referendum, a vital question I believe. It struck me that it ’ s the same for teams in organisations, for public health campaigns, for enabling wellbeing too not just in individuals but also in their communities because it ’ s about ensuring people have a voice, it's about listening, being responded to and knowing you have influence on your condition, your life, your community, your organisa