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 – then Economic Development World can provide this. Check out...
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,...
by Glenn | Sep 29, 2025 | FDI, Inward Investment, Organisational development, Performance
I’m writing and recording the video lessons for the new Economic Development Community of Practice I’m launching later this year over at economicdevelopment.world One of the issues that causes me endless frustration is that many localities in the UK fail...
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...
