#16 Catrin Owen - Listen, Learn, Lead

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Introduction:

Catrin Owen, Deputy City Manager of Communication and Engagement for the City of Edmonton is my guest today on Episode 16 of the podcast. Ever since I met Catrin through a meeting of the Guiding Coalition for Public Engagement on which I am a volunteer, I’ve wanted to ask her about how collaboration fits into the kinds of public engagement and city building work she and her team lead for the City of Edmonton. And so, here is the episode where I get to do just that. Please enjoy our conversation.

During this episode we discuss

• Catrin Owen on being a Deputy City Manager
• Listen, Learn, Lead
• Municipal questions suited to a collaborative approach
• Examples of Edmonton collaboration
• Going virtual – digital engagement
• A book to share

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Catrin Owen
• City of Edmonton – Public Engagement and
• Connect Edmonton: Edmonton’s Strategic Plan
• The City Plan
• The Edmonton Insight Community
• iyiniw iskwewak wihtwawin (Committee of Indigenous Matriarchs)
• Book: Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
• Author: Malcolm Gladwell
• President Barack Obama

Now it's your turn

If you want to get in touch with Deputy City Manager, Catrin Owen, she can be reached through the City of Edmonton website. Be sure to look her up and some of the resources she mentioned.

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