Strategy Tools Focused on Place
Our tools and frameworks support place focused strategy, connecting businesses to markets, communities and government in the East Midlands region. Roots & Futures develops and uses place focused strategy tools to help organisations make sense of local complexity, understand context and design approaches grounded in people, place and systems.
These tools recognise that places are living systems shaped by history, relationships, leadership and communities. Effective strategy starts with understanding these dynamics, rather than applying standard models across different locations.
Place focused strategy tools support leaders, partnerships and organisations to explore how social, economic, cultural and environmental factors interact and where meaningful leverage for change exists.
They may be used independently, as digital resources, or within advisory work, workshops and collaborative programmes.
Frameworks and Tools
Strategy Flow Cycle
An approach to strategy that supports organisations to move between insight, decision-making and action — allowing strategy to evolve in response to place, context and changing conditions over time.
Place Nutrition™
An approach that focuses on working with organisations to transparently demonstrate how they fuel the local economy. This looks at local sourcing, local assets and engaging with local artists and makers through procurement.