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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
In the late 1990s I spent the best part of two years inside the engine rooms of economic development. I interviewed chief executives, directors and managers of development agencies in Scotland, London, Belfast and Berlin for my doctorate, and I went looking for the...
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐?
Before the promise of local and regional devolution and integrated funding settlements, when money came in competitive pots with the criteria written in Whitehall, the shape of your programme was somebody else's fault and the honest appraisal was somebody else's job....
25% off handbook and new book on delivery out on 28 September
Paperback Edition of The Local and Regional Economic Development September Sale! ยฃ31.99 UK + P&P I've sourced another high quality print on demand service at bookvault which allows me to give email subscribers discount coupon codes! Head over to the Great...
Do you want to be great at economic development?
I mean the question literally, and I think everyone in this field should answer it. Not โdo you want your place to prosperโ โ everyone wants that, the way everyone wants good weather. I mean: does your institution intend to become genuinely excellent at the discipline...
๐’๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐
Not because they weren't smart. Not because they didn't work hard. But because nobody had ever explained to them what economic development actually is. What is the mission? What is the function? What are the dilemmas you'll face when public purpose and private...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐? ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด
I sat in meetings early in my career where decisions were being made and I didn't know the local backstory. Who had tried what before? Why certain approaches had been abandoned? What are the political sensitivities? What the community actually needed versus what...
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป: ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
๐๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ต๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ด I thought I was reasonably well prepared. I had read the research, understood the theories, sat in plenty of meetings with practitioners. What I wasn't prepared for was the reality of...
On Sale Today! The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook
Today's the day. The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook is now available in hardback via amazon. After two years of writing โ and thirty-two years of practice behind it โ the book is out! I've also recorded a ten-minute video walkthrough that takes you...
The Arithmetic of Business Survival
What Every Economic Development Practitioner Needs to Know About Business Finance Enterprise support is one of the most well-intentioned areas of economic development work โ and one of the most frequently misdirected. We celebrate entrepreneurship, fund business...
๐ ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ: ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐
I've put out some drafts of The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook to a few colleagues and collaborators for their response, insights and hopefully some words of recommendation... WHAT PROFESSIONALS AND EXPERTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS BOOK: โThe breadth...
๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐’๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ
That's 15 hours of online courses, access to exclusive online ebook of the Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook (cost ยฃ59.99 on Amazon), 27 workbooks, and 1 to 1 time with the Founder, Glenn. Tonight at midnight the...
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐?
I've been working on mapping what a genuine competency framework for local and regional economic development actually looks like โ and it's both broader and deeper than most people assume.Some observations from the past 20 years:๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐...