ClusterOS Diagnostic Profile
Tay Cities Creative Tech
Tay Cities Creative Tech runs on 76 evidence items (Tay Cities Creative Tech UKRI grants: 164 grants, £168m total, 31 distinct le). 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 ecosystem report (e.g., annual Tay Cities Creative Tech cluster report) separated extraction metrics (studio acquisitions by external entities, graduate employment outside region) from retention metrics (local company formation, local employment, reinvestment in regional infrastructure), it might make the difference between value creation and value capture visible and shift narrative...
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.