@MIOIR Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, PhD researcher. Price-Taker or Market-Shaper? The role of #PublicProcurement in moving markets toward #SDGs
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Trudeau calls for wider Social Benefits from Economy in speech to German Business elite. ctv.news/QEI3nBU #SocialProcurement #CETA
Social progress is the primary purpose of governments. This involves going beyond market shaping to becoming effective System Stewards.
My latest essay for @rooseveltinst's "Restoring Economic Democracy" collection argues we need more than just industrial strategy—we need a new narrative about what the state is for: to shape markets, not just fix them. A mission-oriented framework puts societal challenges at the centre of industrial policy.
Read the piece ➡️ rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/…
Inviting Changemakers, Placemakers, Entrepreneurs, Investors and Business Leaders to collaborate with @OfficialUoM to drive Innovation and Inclusive Economic Growth.
Many congratulations @Loucordwell OBE, CEO of the new Unit M Innovation Hub.
#InclusiveInnovation
We’re delighted to announce that @loucordwell has been named as Chief Executive Officer of Unit M, @officialuom’s new innovation powerhouse 👏
Find out more about Unit M and Lou’s appointment 📰
manchester.ac.uk/about/news/…
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🆕✨Guest blog: VCSE organisations in Greater Manchester and ‘social value'—it's ’s what they do.
In this guest blog, Anne Lythgoe, Director of the Social Audit Network, highlights how GM’s VCFSE organisations embody ‘social value’ as their core purpose
👉lght.ly/d49mleg
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Do you think more small and medium local VCSE organisations are being commissioned than 5 years ago? Have tenders and formal procurement become more accessible to local VCSE organisations?
Take part in our survey: lght.ly/d6p0d87
ALT We want to hear from you
Missions require change across all sectors. More of the same will not yield different results. What changes is your organization making to improve societal outcomes? – at Cheadle, England
In @Telegraph on my influence @Keir_Starmer missions. As we argue in @IIPP_UCL missions can’t be buzzword (old wine in new bottles). Must change how we “do” government (from procurement to finance) & fair contracts. Our global report coming out this Thurs!
This – at Cheadle, England
29% of UK public spending goes to public procurement. So let’s design procurement to help tackle the country’s biggest challenges (w public value at the centre & a new mindset in government).
Read our new @IIPP_UCL report w lessons from @CamdenCouncil 🔗 ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-pu…
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Research into the GM VCSE Workforce highlighted salary as a key obstacle to recruitment. We're conducting a survey to assess pay and working conditions in the sector, aiming to enhance conditions and facilitate salary benchmarking. Take part now: lght.ly/fc5n30a
"Listen to and give power to (local) people to say what they need and then act on it"
Wise words from Andy Haldane @theRSAorg
to kick off @CPCatapult #CPSummit24 – at Cheadle, England
Hearing about how integrated and inclusive transport is just around the corner in the Greater Manchester area through @BeeNetwork at the @CPCatapult #CPSummit24 and how this will break down built in barriers to accessing health, employment, and improve lives
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Weaving a stronger social fabric means valuing what matters most to people facing the most disadvantage, in the context of time and place.
Linking #societalresilience & #socialvalue #ncsr24
@AllianceMBS – at Manchester, England
Come on Wales
"The Principality can not believe what it is witnessing!" 😵
What a comeback from Wales, they trail Scotland by just one point! 🍿
Wales 🏴 26-27 🏴 Scotland
#BBCRugby #SixNations #WALvSCO
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And one from last year looking at how ballooning deposits have increased dependence on parental wealth, which is in turn increasing wealth inequality ft.com/content/985a608e-17a3…
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Absolutely packed session discussing institutions for economic development. Next is @SMaromB discussing the effects of different IP ownership policies in Canadian universities #GeoInno2024
Looking forward to 3 days talking #regionaldevelopment and the geography of innovation at #GeoInno2024
Plenary 1 at #GeoInno2024 in Theatre B is currently underway, exploring Innovation Geographies and Trade-offs within Clusters.
🕒 Wed, 10 Jan, 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Keynotes: @CCastaldi & @JamesBessen
Chaired by Phillip McCann, @MIOIR & @TPIProductivity
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Strip former Post Office CEO, Paula Vennells, of her CBE due to her role in the wrongful prosecution of 550 Post Office staff as part of the Horizon computer scandal.
Join our campaign: 38d.gs/PostOffice_TW01
#MrBatesVsThePostOffice
A National Disgrace -
The largest miscarriage of justice in British history
#PostOfficeScandal
Compensate the victims
Scoop: Public inquiry into the Post Office scandal has obtained covert recordings of senior staff including Paula Vennells.
Approx 80 tapes could be “damning”, an inquiry source tells me.
Full story here as CBE debate rages #MrBatesVsThePostOffice 👇🏼
thetimes.co.uk/article/d4e93…
Courageous Leadership;
Thank you to my wonderful clients for having the courage to strengthen their organization's
Try, Trust and Tell Courage
Understanding & influencing courageous behaviour is an important part of leading change. If we don't feel courage, we won't try new things. @BillTreasurer helpfully describes "three buckets of courage":
1) TRY courage is the courage of first attempts, being wiling to experiment & try new things.
2) TRUST courage is about letting go of formulas that worked in the past, our preconceptions about how things should be & our need to control.
3) TELL courage is where people feel safe to express themselves authentically & fully.
It's our role as leaders to actively nurture the three courage buckets to create an environment where confidence & psychological safety prevail over fear. Powerful blog & sketchnote by @tnvora: qaspire.com/three-buckets-of…, based on giantleapconsulting.com/cour…
Thank you
👏🏽Congratulations to Sandra Hamilton, MIOIR PhD Researcher for winning the 2023 Emerald #LiteratiAward with her paper “Public Procurement: Price-Taker or Market-Shaper?” in Critical Perspectives on International Business. Open access here: emerald.com/insight/content/… #WTOGPA #SDGs
“I’m especially delighted, as a key selection criterium for the award is to recognise research that creates impact and generates real change beyond academia."
Public Procurement: Price-Taker or Market-Shaper?
doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-08-202…
2000+ downloads during #COP27 #COP28
@cpoib
Congratulations to AMBS PhD candidate @SandraHamilton, who has won the 2023 Emerald Literati Award for the most outstanding paper published in Critical Perspectives on International Business.
#SDG, #LiteratiAwards and #WTOGPA
ALT Photo of AMBS PhD candidate Sandra Hamilton, who has won the 2023 Emerald Literati Award for most outstanding paper published in Critical Perspectives on International Business. The paper, Public Procurement – Price-Taker or Market-Shaper?, downloaded over 2,000 times during COP 27 in Egypt and COP28 in Dubai, examines the role of government procurement as a social policy mechanism within a multilateral open trading system. Sandra, who has twice been invited by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to present her work in Geneva, said: “I’m especially delighted as a key selection criterium for the award is to recognise research that creates impact and generates real change beyond academia.