Connecting with the Northern Way

The Norther Way Summit, held in York, brought together all three development agencies to discuss how we can all work together as a cohesive whole. Developing synergies, achieving more together than we can alone. Collaborate, compement and add-value. 1+1+1 = 5! All good stuff and exactly what Connect is all about!

From a management theory perspective, to promote teamwork across the three regions requires functional consistency and some 'subject/problem (solution?)' orientation that spans the geographic regions - see matrix versus functional in any book on organisational development. Connect, being focused on promoting and nuturing knowledge-based companies ideally fits, the bill. We are working closely with other regional Connects to develop our business model, to work collaboratively, yes, to achieve more together than we could alone.