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๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐’๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐-๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ยฃ๐ญ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐
This article on green economy opportunities is based on the CPD, training and skills development materials and courses for Local and Regional Economic Development at http://www.economicdevelopment.world/about
๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ป’๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต
Stop focusing on only one kind of Innovation – Novel Innovation, as your local economy needs service sector innovation, adoption and adaptation. This article on green economy opportunities is based on the CPD, training and skills development materials and courses for Local and Regional Economic Development at http://www.economicdevelopment.world/about
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The Growth Sectors Skills Trap You Need to Avoid
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป "๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐," ๐๐ผ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ท๐ผ๐ฏ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐: ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ. We're funneling all our attention into fashionable trends while critical job vacancies go unfilled in stable, vital industries like...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ (๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ)
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 and been...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ **๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐** ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
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, aspirational strategy,...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ: ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ‘๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ’ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
You have a brilliant economic development plan. You present it to the City Council, the Board, or the Regiona/State Committee, and it dies a slow, bureaucratic death. Why? Because getting the green light to proceed in economic development is a game of two halves: 1)...
๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ’๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ: ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ
At Economic Development World, we like to think "what if" and how we'd respond professionally to a challenge. Here's our thoughts on this one - what would you do? ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ยฃ๐ค๐ข๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ตโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ณโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ...
Beyond the Brochure: Elevating your Investment Attraction Game
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 to get beyond...