by Glenn | Jan 8, 2026 | Organisational development, Performance, Professional development, Skills
17-lesson, 2.5 hour foundation course for local and regional economic development The 17 lessons are structured as follows: 1. Rationale for Local and Regional Economic Development2. Overview of themes and functions3. Understanding economics and economic trends4....
by Glenn | Dec 22, 2025 | Best practice, Future challenges, General, Organisational development, Performance, Professional development
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ-๐จ๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น: ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ With trade policy uncertainty gripping markets in 2025, continued inflationary pressures, and the emergence of AI, most economic development teams are operating with strategies that...
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 | Dec 1, 2025 | Organisational development, Performance, Professional development
Economic Development World launched for Founder Members today! If you are an early stage career economic developer and are looking for a CPD programme, community of practice, and structured learning in local and regional economic development – then Economic...
by Glenn | Nov 11, 2025 | General, Organisational development, Performance
Welcome to the first ED Unpacked Youtube video. This video series will provide deep dives, thought leadership, and challenge conventional wisdom in local and regional economic development.I’ve reviewed hundreds of economic development strategies over 30 years...
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,...
