Public consultation is often seen as a bureaucratic exercise: a checkbox for government departments and public sector organisations to tick — but the reality is far more profound. Through Delib's decades of experience of powering some of the biggest national conversations, they've seen how meaningful consultation fundamentally changes policy outcomes and strengthens democratic decision-making. Hear more in this TICTeC 2025 presentation from Louise Cato and Jessie Ashmore (Delib, UK).