by Glenn | Dec 11, 2025 | Best practice, Organisational development, Performance, Professional development
“๐ช๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐.” “๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต.” “๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ.” ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ? In 31 years of economic development work, I’ve learned one hard truth: ๐ท๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ...
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...
