ClusterOS Diagnostic Profile
Stirling Clackmannanshire Aquaculture
Stirling Clackmannanshire Aquaculture runs on 53 evidence items (Stirling Clackmannanshire Aquaculture UKRI grants: 10 grants, £4m total, 1 di). 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 SAIC or Scottish Government required all publicly funded projects to report separately: (a) value generated (e.g., revenue, IP, products), (b) value retained regionally (e.g., local employment, local procurement, regional IP ownership), and (c) value extracted (difference between a and b), it might make extraction visible as distinct from success, potentially reducing the system's ability to absorb uncertainty about extraction 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.