ClusterOS Diagnostic Profile
West of England Aerospace
West of England Aerospace runs on 88 evidence items (West of England Aerospace UKRI grants: 618 grants, £977m total, 148 distinct). 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.
"A probe could test whether separating extraction metrics (capital/talent destination) from success metrics (ecosystem value retained) in one public narrative document (e.g., WECA annual aerospace report) makes the extraction-narrative link visible to...
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.