Shifting the dial on impact and measurement

13th May 2026

Shifting the Dial on Collaboration – Caroline Slocock, Co-founder of the network

Caroline introduced the Better Way principles and behaviours, emphasising collaboration and relationship-building as key components.

Looking at what we measure – Cate Newnes-Smith, formerly Chief Executive at Surrey Youth Focus and Founder Mountain Top Consultancy

We're trying to shift from individual organisations working separately, to organisations working together. We need to move from measuring our individual organisations to measuring what is going on across the system.

The problem is that this transition will take time and systems often don’t have patience, they want to see results. So we need to find ways of proving that change is happening, even whilst the desired outcomes for our citizens are not yet emerging.

Here is the full event summary.