A World Class city has a joiner upper... someone who is specifically tasked with getting to know people in the city and getting to know what's going on and where. The Joiner Upper joins things together - brings people together - introduces people to projects that are going on - looks beyond the here and now and thinks beyond the box. The Joiner Upper takes the city's themes, priorities and obsessions and maps them onto what's happening day to day - brings the public and private together - uses the power and capacity of each of the institutions to support one another's ambitions. The Joiner Upper goes to concerts, recitals, the theatre, goes to the Clubs and public places, goes into the Council Chamber and the restaurants, goes into the schools and the Universities and the TV stations and the radio stations and the Community Centres. S/he doesn't keep office hours and s/he doesn't have an office. People get connected.
People get introduced to one another.
Win:Wins are created in many contexts.
People learn about what other people are doing and connections are made.
Information gets spread. A wider community of people become connected to events/activities. They grow. Social capital grows.
Common purpose grows.
More people find out about the things that are going on.
Word of mouth spreads. The information spreads. More people know more about what's going on, more often. Opportunities become more widespread. As participation grows, democratisation of opportunity grows.
The city becomes a more inclusive and more democratic place.
There are multiple connections made between people doing disparate things.
Ideas are generated through cross-pollination.
Connections happen.
Agency spreads.
Things happen...
