ClusterOS Diagnostic Profile
East Midlands Innovation Ecosystem
East Midlands Innovation Ecosystem runs on 186 evidence items (East Midlands Innovation Ecosystem UKRI grants: 9840 grants, £7625m total, 15). The diagnostic resolves a Extraction-Narrative configuration at HIGH confidence.
Value extraction events generate narrative about ecosystem success; narrative legitimises continued extraction by framing it as ecosystem contribution; uncertainty about whether extraction is harmful absorbed by the success narrative.
Intermediaries produce narrative about their facilitation role; narrative legitimises intermediary existence and funding; uncertainty about direct coupling absorbed by narrative rather than demonstration.
"If one governance body (e.g., EMCCA) published annual reports separating "value created in the region" (spin-offs, patents, funding raised) from "value retained in the region" (talent staying, capital reinvested, procurement local), it might make the extraction-success gap visible, reducing the system's ability to absorb uncertainty via success...
Leverage hypotheses are testable perturbations, not prescriptions. Where demand-side behaviour is weakly visible, the correct move is observation — improving visibility before attempting change.
A full ClusterOS diagnostic adds actor questionnaire data, working sessions, and anchor interviews — producing higher-confidence stall identification, board-ready stack analysis, and leverage hypotheses calibrated to your specific context.