Increased complexity and rapid pace of change demand more from people responsible for regional development at various levels of activity. This paper has its roots in a belief that the more complex situations are the more regional development is dependent on the leadership and network management...

1. Introduction -- 2. Knowledge-based development of cities -- 3. Governance and influence networks -- 4. The basic features of place leadership -- 5. Power and leadership -- 6. Generative leadership as a relay in time -- 7. Generative strategy -- 8. Did we learn something? Generative...

The great debates of most fields associated with economic development rest on emergence versus intention and the interplay between the two. The 'residual' of unexplained divergence between goal and outcome, in this sense, can be ascribed in part to the interplay, or co-evolution, between...