1st Edition
Socially Successful Projects in the built environment Demystifying social value and stakeholder engagement
Introduction Section 1: Setting the scene Chapter 1: Sound familiar? Chapter 2: The built environment and why it matters Chapter 3: Social value: The emerging buzzword Chapter 4: Stakeholder engagement: The (missed) opportunity Section 2: Get ready for a change! Chapter 5: A new focus for the built environment Chapter 6: A new approach to project design Section 3: The practical bit – approaches to authentic stakeholder engagement and social value Chapter 7: Engage early, listen, the talk Chapter 8: Situational analysis and scenarios Chapter 9: Reimagining stakeholder mapping Chapter 10 : Optioneering Section 4: The future is bright, the future is …. socially successful projects Chapter 11: Engaging through the project lifetime Chapter 12: Monitoring, evaluation, and learning Chapter 13: Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) sweep it all away? Chapter 14: This isn’t the end, this is the beginning Index
Biography
Sarah Fitton is the Founder and Director of Aurora Engagements Ltd, a built environment consultancy. Sarah has over 17 years of experience working in industry in a large built environment consultancy before setting up her own firm. She also has over 13 years of experience working in academia within the fields of social value and stakeholder engagement. She graduated from Cambridge University in 2015 with a PhD examining the social value of infrastructure and continues to conduct research in this field, with five peer-reviewed journal articles and a white paper published to date and one currently under review. She is a founding member of ‘Patn*’ – a Manchester-based community dedicated to shaping modern culture through placemaking – and a member of the Environment Agency’s Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Community of Practice (SECCOP).
Simon Wilson is the Director and co-Founder of Wilson Sherriff, a consultancy providing stakeholder engagement and facilitation expertise to clients in a range of sectors, including the built environment. Simon has over 20 years of experience working in industry with a range of clients and projects. Since 2010 much of his work has focused on projects with an environmental focus such as flood defences and water treatment sites. Simon holds an MBA degree from the Open University and is an accredited Certified Professional Facilitator (Master). He chairs the Member Council of the Organisation for Responsible Businesses.
