Best practice

Create high-performing organisations with a high impact: lessons for the new Combined Authorities in England

Jul 21, 2025 | Best practice, Combined Authorities, Competency, Devolution, Restructuring

𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝟭. 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. CAs were completely new, untested in their local areas, given new funds, powers & responsibilities. 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆. Many CAs...

Is your business and stakeholder engagement too low? tips and advice to address this

Jul 21, 2025 | Best practice, Business engagement, Stakeholders

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 To maximise participation in workshops, interviews, and surveys, pitch relevant questions and repeat online events. Consider purchasing business samples from marketing databases to expand reach. 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵’𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱...

Lessons in Industrial Cluster Policy from Eight Countries

Jul 21, 2025 | Best practice, industrial policy, industrial strategy, industry, tech

I’ve been taking a deep dive on industry cluster development policies and delivery! Here are the highlights of best practice for industrial cluster development, drawing from eight countries and regions… Ireland: Clear, Consistent, and Long-Term Strategic...

𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 7 𝙃𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙀𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨

May 22, 2025 | Best practice, Organisation

To be able to pivot your portfolio of economic development activities and funding streams once a market or economic crisis unfolds - you need to be forewarned of the changes taking place, or at least keep pace with them once they are underway. To keep ahead of...

3 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘿𝙤 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠

May 22, 2025 | Best practice, evidence, intelligence, Megatrends

Folks, that 100-page report full of stats, charts (and hopefully analysis telling us what it means) about your local economy was not meant to sit on your shelf gathering dust! I've lost count of the number of cracking economic reviews I've done for clients to support...

𝙒𝙝𝙮 “𝙒𝙚 D𝙤𝙣’𝙩 B𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 P𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 W𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨” 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 F𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚 A𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩

May 22, 2025 | Best practice, Competency, industrial strategy, industries

𝙒𝙝𝙮 "𝙒𝙚 D𝙤𝙣'𝙩 B𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨" 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 F𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚 A𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 C𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲: W𝗵𝘆 G𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 H𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 I𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 P𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 W𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 E𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗿 N𝗼𝘁 Dani Rodrik (Harvard University) argues that governments are "doomed to choose" and inevitably engage in industrial...

Create high-performing organisations with a high impact: lessons for the new Combined Authorities in England

Is your business and stakeholder engagement too low? tips and advice to address this

Lessons in Industrial Cluster Policy from Eight Countries

𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 7 𝙃𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙀𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨

𝙒𝙝𝙮 “𝙒𝙚 D𝙤𝙣’𝙩 B𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 P𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 W𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨” 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 F𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚 A𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩

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