ClusterOS Regional Diagnostic
Tees Valley Combined Authority
6 clusters diagnosed across Tees Valley Combined Authority, drawing on 581 evidence items cross-referenced at entity level. The Coordination-Intermediary-Activity configuration fires confidently in 6 of 6 clusters.
- All 6 clusters register the three reinforcing backbone configurations at confident levels — coordination, extraction, and governance capture fire universally across the region.
- Anchor concentration — Teesside University appears across 3 of 6 sub-clusters as a configured ecosystem-level anchor.
- Extraction signal — 16 spin-offs declared by the UKRI cohort, but the spin-off match-rate is structurally empty: the diagnostic could not produce a verified count of how many remain registered or active in the region.
| Cluster | Regime | Dominant stalls | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tees Valley Net Zero | Permission-Validation | Stabilising Around Incumbents, Re-proving Instead of Narrowing, Extracting Without Reinvesting | 86 |
| Tees Valley Life Sciences | Permission-Validation | Coordinating Instead of Deciding, Extracting Without Reinvesting, Stabilising Around Incumbents | 75 |
| Tees Valley Logistics | Governance Capture | Stabilising Around Incumbents, Coordinating Instead of Deciding | 76 |
| Tees Valley Manufacturing | Permission-Validation | Coordinating Instead of Deciding, Extracting Without Reinvesting, Stabilising Around Incumbents | 88 |
| Tees Valley Digital | Permission-Validation | Coordinating Instead of Deciding, Stabilising Around Incumbents, Waiting for Permission | 82 |
| Tees Valley Innovation Ecosystem | Permission-Validation | Stabilising Around Incumbents, Waiting for Permission, Coordinating Instead of Deciding | 174 |
No aggregate stall data yet.
Coordination generates reports; reports justify programme activity; programme activity generates coordination requirements; all three signals absorbed simultaneously making the system self-referential.
Activity volume generates demand for more re-proving; re-proving keeps all programmes alive; forgiving keeps non-performers in the portfolio; all three pressure types absorbed.
"If one actor (e.g. Teesside University via National Horizons Centre or Launchpad) were to validate a capability claim by deploying it commercially without prior TVCA coordination or external policy designation, it might reduce the system's ability to absorb demand signals through re-proving cycles."
"If one actor (e.g., anchor institution, large manufacturer, or new entrant) launched a testable initiative (e.g., direct manufacturer-to-manufacturer collaboration, autonomous investment outside designated zones, or programme with pre-committed exit criteria) without prior coordination or permission-seeking, it might reduce the system's ability to absorb opportunity via re-proving and waiting loops, exposing whether validation-by-doing is viable."
"If one business support programme were launched without prior coordination across all 5 local authorities (using mayoral investment powers under devolution deal), it might reduce the system's ability to absorb opportunity signals through validation-permission cycles without requiring structural redesign."