Hi Karyn, Moving to the political level is such a key, vital move by you and for any attempts at system change. It also is what every organization has in play, yet hard to negotiate, an often neglected area of learning/discussion in the world of practice implementation. Some kind of version of "separation of church and state."
I'm glad you said this rather taboo part of system change out loud to us. Especially because it can become an intrical driver of change, but I would say the research crew, the people on the front lines improving practice in a systematic way, are a relevant component too.
I think about how the initiation of a national homelessness strategy in 1999 was actually launched. It needed political heat to be applied, along with the reality that people were dying... on the streets of Toronto, then research and scholarship bridged to practice.
Would anyone in this discussion have some guidelines and references on the role of politics but also the relevance of individuals stepping forward, leading it?