by Glenn | Nov 18, 2025 | Best practice, Skills
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป “๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐,” ๐๐ผ๐’๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ท๐ผ๐ฏ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐: ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ. We’re funneling all our attention into fashionable trends while critical job vacancies go unfilled in stable,...
by Glenn | Oct 14, 2025 | Best practice, General, Organisational development, Performance, Professional development
Let’s cut the fanfare. Economic Development is not a press release, its not a claim of a golden future in a manifesto or strategy. It’s a job, on the ground, in a neighbourhood. In the UK, we’ve perfected the art of the launch eventโthe glossy,...
by Glenn | Oct 14, 2025 | Best practice, funding
At Economic Development World, we like to think “what if” and how we’d respond professionally to a challenge. Here’s our thoughts on this one – what would you do? ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ยฃ๐ค๐ข๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ...
by Glenn | Sep 25, 2025 | Best practice, Enterprise, Organisational development
๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ “๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป” ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐? ๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ? ๐ The word “innovation” can sometimes feel vague or lead to a narrow focus on R&D without a clear path to commercial success....
by Glenn | Sep 16, 2025 | Best practice, funding, Future challenges, Organisational development, Stakeholder
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ I was lucky to participate in a ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ last week. Here are the key lessons from the UK and Australia on City Deals. It was a chance to reflect on the great report I wrote with Professor...
by Glenn | Sep 16, 2025 | Best practice, Future challenges, Organisational development, Performance, Professional development
๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ Organisations ๐๐ค๐ฃ’๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ. Hereโs the behaviours I’ve seen from ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ economic development organisations: ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐...
