{"id":1983,"date":"2011-02-12T16:50:15","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T16:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/altlep.wordpress.com\/?p=36"},"modified":"2011-02-12T16:50:15","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T16:50:15","slug":"an-alternative-lep-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2011\/02\/12\/an-alternative-lep-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Access to Coaching &#8211; An Alternative LEP Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First of all we should reject the temptation to be entirely strategic.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t try to analyse the economy like it is a game of monopoly where you can understand the roll of the dice,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/localenterprise.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/01\/employment-and-skills-21st-century-stylee\/\">seeing and preparing for an uncertain future<\/a>. \u00a0Don\u2019t pretend that people and their aspirations count for nothing as you ponder the balance between investing in ports, ring-roads, runways or fibre.<\/p>\n<p>Instead learn to compliment strategic development with a\u00a0responsive\u00a0approach. \u00a0One that engages residents in their hopes and aspirations for a better life and gives them the power and the\u00a0responsibility\u00a0to pursue them. \u00a0Put your faith and confidence in people. \u00a0Provide them with hope, leadership and support.<\/p>\n<p>Dare to be relevant to people and not just \u2018the business community\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>A city region of around 3m people like Leeds would require a network of around 75 coaches to provide access to person centred coaching support for everyone that really wanted it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It would engage about 45 000 people in the process of providing direct hands on assistance to their peers.<\/li>\n<li>It would provide direct assistance to about 16500 beneficiaries a year, the vast majority of whom would make significant progress in their personal journeys as a result of\u00a0benefiting\u00a0from a coaching rather than a coercive\u00a0approach.<\/li>\n<li>I would anticipate at least 750 sustainable business starts from this cohort every year. \u00a0I would envisage business survival rates around the 90% rate after 3 years.<\/li>\n<li>It would make a very real difference to the\u00a0perceptions\u00a0of some 20 000 people a year about the extent to which they feel that they \u2018belong to\u2019 and \u2018feel supported\u2019 in their community.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to traditional \u2018enterprise\u2019 outputs I would expect substantial impacts on\u00a0health\u00a0and well-being as well as increases in volunteering, cultural productivity, mental health, fitness and so forth.<\/li>\n<li>It would help to integrate the dual priorities of economy and community rather than treating them as separate and often incompatible determinants.<\/li>\n<li>Within 3-7 years I would expect it to have made a sustained and measurable difference to the enterprise culture in the city region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And it would cost about \u00a33.75 million a year.<\/p>\n<p>The price of a very rich wo\/man\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>NB this piece was prompted by reading \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Economic-Opportunities-Challenges-for-LEPs.pdf\">The Economic Opportunities and Challenges for the emerging Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in Yorkshire and Humber \u2013 Briefing Paper<\/a>\u2018.<\/p>\n<p>As far as it goes\u00a0this\u00a0is an ok piece of work. Unremittingly strategic, focussing on communications, infrastructure development and\u00a0targeting\u00a0support at key industries \u2013 all tried, tested and, at best, partially\u00a0successful ideas for economic development. \u00a0One of the challenges it identified is to develop sufficient \u2018low skill jobs\u2019 for our low skill economies. \u00a0 It talks about the structures required to ensure integration of LEP structures across the region. \u00a0One can almost hear the creaking of\u00a0bureaucracy\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Olympic Gold &#8211; It all starts with a dream&#8230;.\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/08\/10\/olympic-gold-it-all-starts-with-a-dream\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Olympic Gold &#8211; It all starts with a dream&#8230;.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Improving Employability&#8230;\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/15\/improving-employability\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Improving Employability&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"How Should We Recognise a Successful Economy?\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/11\/how-should-we-recognise-a-successful-economy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How Should We Recognise a Successful Economy?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Inward Investment &#8211; What&#8217;s the problem?\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/01\/inward-investment-a-dummies-guide\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Inward Investment &#8211; What&#8217;s the problem?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Smile or Die &#8211; Why I don&#8217;t subscribe blindly to the school of positive thinking\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/04\/19\/smile-or-die-why-i-dont-subscribe-blindly-to-the-school-of-positive-thinking\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Smile or Die &#8211; Why I don&#8217;t subscribe blindly to the school of positive thinking<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First of all we should reject the temptation to be entirely strategic. 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