The idea of ‘Cornerstone Indicators’ was first conceived by Katherine Trebeck as a way to ‘close the loop’ between communities and broader measures of wellbeing that tend towards technical indices, rather than accessible and intuitive signs of progress. Katherine’s vision was based on her many years of experience in the wellbeing and policy space. The idea was for a suite of indicators co-produced with the community that track collective wellbeing in ways that resonate with people. and whilst never tested she uses the example of girls riding their bikes to school as a potential illustration. By creating a small set of popular indicators that make sense to communities and are a window to their vision for things getting better, she believes they have potential to move the conversation about the role of the economy and economic progress from think tanks, academia and policy spaces to cafes, playgrounds and bus queues of society, bolstering political accountability for measuring what really matters. She is keen to explore application of the Cornerstone concept to the political economy context in the future.