by Glenn | Feb 13, 2026 | Best practice, Clusters, Industrial development, Industrial Strategy, Industries, Professional development
The book I’m launching next month – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 – is packed with practical advice and case studies. Here’s a sample of what’s in the book regarding industrial clusters…The UK has oscillated...
by Glenn | Dec 8, 2025 | Climate change, Industrial development, Industrial Strategy, Industries, Low carbon, Sustainability, Technology
Let’s get beyond the vague net zero target year, because the risk of not meeting it is realy with only partial commitments and actions to date. ❌ Most economic development agencies are still promoting investments that won’t survive the next decade ❌...
by Glenn | Dec 5, 2025 | Industrial Strategy, Industries, innovation
Let’s cut the fanfare. Most economic development agencies obsess over R&D metrics and tech startups while missing the innovations actually driving their local economy. ❌ We measure innovation by patents and university spin-offs ❌ We chase...
by Glenn | Jul 21, 2025 | Industrial development, Industrial Strategy, Industries, innovation
𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙆’𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙮 (𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩 2035): 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 The UK’s new Industrial Strategy, with its welcome focus on city regions and clusters, sets an ambitious course. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥,...
