In this article for FE News I reflect on some of the key messages and conclusions for the Further Education Sector from The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook.
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There's a particular kind of frustration familiar to anyone who has spent time in local or regional economic development. You've spent weeks pulling together the evidence base. You've mapped the labour market gaps, modelled the productivity deficit, built the...
The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook, launched on 27 April, contains a wealth of practical case studies and examples that span the globe. The Handbook references Denmark as a global leader in high-performance innovation ecosystems, professionalised...
What if your team shared a common understanding of what economic development is, how it works, and what good practice looks like โ from day one? That's not an unrealistic ambition. It just requires investment in knowledge. Thirty years of practice, research, and...
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ'๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ. I brought in a professor who ran a vocational course on local economic development, and commissioned a bespoke three-day programme for the team. It worked. Not...
The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook, launched on 27 April, contains a wealth of practical case studies and examples that span the globe. The Handbook highlights Canada as a prime example of strategic regional economic development through its...
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...
The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook, launched on 27 April, contains a wealth of practical case studies and examples that span the globe. The Handbook highlights Australia as a nation utilizing structured, collaborative frameworks to bridge the gap...
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...
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...
Folks - it's been a fantastic week promoting ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ and many thanks to everyone who's engaged and bought the book already. I'd like to conclude this week with a focus on the very last page of the book - it summarises the...
There's a particular kind of frustration familiar to anyone who has spent time in local or regional economic...
The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook, launched on 27 April, contains a wealth of practical case...
What if your team shared a common understanding of what economic development is, how it works, and what good practice...
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ'๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ. I brought in a...
The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook, launched on 27 April, contains a wealth of practical case...
The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook, launched on 27 April, contains a wealth of practical case...
