Become more AGILE in economic development! Download the workbook

Become more AGILE in economic development! Download the workbook

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ-๐—จ๐—ฝ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น: ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ข๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ 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...
Build your own SMART objectives with our toolkit

Build your own SMART objectives with our toolkit

“๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜†.” “๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต.” “๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ.” ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ? In 31 years of economic development work, I’ve learned one hard truth: ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ...
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ (๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜… ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ)

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ (๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜… ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ)

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...
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ **๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€** ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ **๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€** ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

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 eventโ€”the glossy,...