Enabler 5: A Guide to Making Time

Making time is an enabler of transformation that confronts the tension between the clock and the living process. In this narrated reflection, we explore what it takes to move at the pace that relationships, trust, and shared understanding actually require, inside systems built for quick wins and fixed reporting cycles. Through NEB project stories, we follow what shifts when assessment adapts to real pilots rather than deadlines, when a “speedboat” project meets a “container ship” administration, when a consortium learns to slow down to build foundations, and when neighbourhood teams balance long-term work with small, tangible actions that build trust through evidence.