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๐๐ฒ๐ป๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ: ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐-๐ญ
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...
Lessons for Further Education
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. Rebuilding The Skills Ecosystem: Colleges That Collaborate Are Making The Biggest Gains.
What if your new economic development team member didn’t have to learn things the hard way?
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...
Economic Developers Need a Shared Foundation
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...
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ: ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐-๐ญ
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...
I’ve watched capable, talented new starters struggle in economic development teams
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...