How storytelling can help drive system change is described by Thea Snow, David Murikumthara, Teya Dusseldorp, Rachel Fyfe, Lila Wolff & Jane McCracken in https://i2insights.org/2023/02/07/storytelling-and-systems-change/. Stories change systems by supporting individuals to change how they see themselves, their communities & their broader context including by building empathy & shifting mindsets. Good stories are authentic, honour the voice of person or community whose story is being told & use language & voice of community; they capture the heart & go deeper than data. Good stories resist bending themselves to fit a pre-existing narrative, instead they challenge the dominant narrative to help dislodge that narrative, thus helping change systems. 6 issues making it hard to tell stories about work involved in systems change: 1) power & trust 2) complexity 3) resources & capability 4) receiver readiness 5) limits of language 6) biases. =================================================== Professor Gabriele Bammer National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health ANU College of Health and Medicine The Australian National University 62 Mills Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia +61 2 6125 0716 Gabriele.Bammer@anu.edu.au<mailto:Gabriele.Bammer@anu.edu.au> @GabrieleBammer http://i2s.anu.edu.au<http://www.anu.edu.au/iisn> http://i2Insights.org<http://i2insights.org/> TEQSA Provider ID: PRV12002 (Australian University) | CRICOS Provider Code: 00120C ABN: 52 234 063 906 ===================================================