by admin | Mar 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
I๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐๐ก? We get a lot of requests for quotes to help develop green book compliant business cases.The biggest pushback we have is: is your project sufficiently developed or do you think you can...
by admin | Mar 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
In my experience as an advisor to local and city leaders, it’s worth remembering these 10 key points:1๏ธโฃ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, and can be withdrawn and deployed at the workerโs discretion.2๏ธโฃ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ โ they can be attitudes or...
by admin | Mar 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช’๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ?Hereโs how you can change that – Part 1 1๏ธโฃ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ โ Be explicit about what you want to achieve.โณ Clear goals lead to targeted efforts.Ambiguity only causes confusion and...
by admin | Feb 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Green Book is a useful process used in the UK to originate and develop project ideas and plans that require public money. Here’s my tips for a good Green Book Business Case….1) Always start with a ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ. If its still vague...
by admin | Feb 11, 2025 | Devolution, General
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐, ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐?The numbers tell a tale of imbalance, with some regions trailing behind even the historically weaker areas of former East Germany.New government or not, we...
by admin | Feb 11, 2025 | Best practice, General
๐ฟ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐๐๐๐ฉ?The high-impact investments and activities are those which create jobs and GVA and have low amounts of displacement, duplication (of other support provided elsewhere) and...
by admin | Feb 11, 2025 | Best practice, General, Organisation
As we look ahead to the weekend, it might be worthwhile to consider delving into Edgar Schein’s Strategic Pragmatism,” a book that offers profound insights into the processes of economic transformation.๐ This work isn’t merely an examination of...
by admin | Feb 11, 2025 | future, Megatrends
๐๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐๐จ, ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐จ. I deal a lot with these when writing local and regional economic strategies and advising city leaders.Here are some of the most critical megatrends local economies are dealing...
by admin | Feb 11, 2025 | emerging markets, future, Future skills, tech
Back in 2021, I collaborated with Cambridge Econometrics, Frost & Sullivan, and The Data City to analyse the North East’s potential in emerging markets like Fintech, Cybersecurity, Hydrogen, Renewable Energy, and IoT.Our research aimed to identify key...
by admin | Feb 11, 2025 | Future skills, Labour market
UK-based research identifies several megatrends shaping future skills demand: technological advancements, sectoral shifts, evolving business models, demographic changes, and environmental factors.**๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐**Digital skills are...
