Over the last decade or so I have been fortunate to work with some amazing people, people who have huge ambitions for heritage and culture and for their communities, who are supportive and open and genuinely want to make the world a better place. In the process, I’ve found that actually being able to make change is often hampered by structures and policies which feel designed to contain new ideas and mould them into what already exists.

 

Imagining Better is a call to action for us all, at whatever level, to do what we can to challenge some of the things that are hemming us in. To imagine that better is possible and when we’re told it’s not, to ask why. There are lots of things we can’t change, but collectively, if we keep asking why, then gradually things will get better. 

 

Better projects

Better working conditions

Better connections

Better relationships

Better wellbeing

Better collaborations

 

That goes for us too. The idea of Imagining Better is aspirational and we will do our best, but sometimes we won’t live up to the way we want to work. We aim to listen, to learn and to be open and transparent about why things are the way they are.