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A day in the life of an Economic Daily Consultant
๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ – ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ โ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฒโ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ
One thing Iโm enjoying about my LPIP Fellow research project is the chance to get stuck into some research disciplines and specialisms that Iโve not really spent much time in before. Over the past two weeks Iโve been deep into the โPolicy Failureโ field of research....
Day #6: The Ph.D. I started 30 years ago has given me superpowers for using AI
๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ต.๐. ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ So Iโm getting into this AI thing, you know. Its like your own pet research assistant sending it away to look into things, validate ideas, and seek new insights. Iโm lucky in away Iโve got such...
๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต / ๐ M๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ C๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐
Today Iโm working as part of a pro-bono relationship I have with Cambridge Cleantech to help shape the ClimateTech SuperCluster. The https://www.climatetechsupercluster.com/ is already up and running across 5 countries (UK, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium)...
Day 3: UK regional inequality / procurement woes continue
Today Iโm back working my LPIP fellow research project. LPIP stands for the โLocal Policy Innovation Partnershipโ (see more at https://lpiphub.bham.ac.uk/meet-the-lpips/ ) and itโs about innovation and best practice in local sustainable economic, social and...
A Day in The life: Day #1 – Implementation Gap & Levelling Up / Espresso Dilemma
Day 1 The implementation gap in addressing regional inequalities / green espressos Today is the day I unveil my true thoughts to the worldโฆ โdid I remember to switch the espresso machine off after I used it 20 minutes ago??โ - oops, sorry - I will try to think with...
Coming soon… a day in the life of an economic development consultant
I'll soon be starting a new semi-daily blog highlighting my work, my challenges, mistakes, caffeine habit and frustrations with technology... and don't get me started on public procurement exercises!!! trying to add a bit of humour, with insight and reflection to...