Adam Fineberg – Expert adviser and consultant, local growth and public services

MSc(Econ Dev) FRSA

Expert adviser and consultant, public services and local growth

Leading innovation, transformation and change adviser, consultant and facilitator, policy and communications specialist. Thought leader.

Supporting the national agenda:

Inclusive, impactful local growth achieved through and benefiting public services improvement

Achieving improved and accelerated national growth realised through enhanced prosperity in every local authority area

Building place’s and people’s resilience
Systemic, collaborative and integrated working
Improving impact and outcomes
Realising productivity and efficiencies
Devolution and self-sufficiency

Profile

Extensive experience of working with organisations, internationally, nationally, sub-nationally and locally on ‘whole system’, innovative approaches to growth and development, service provision and making things work better and more efficiently for local people.

An influential and successful record of addressing key challenges around the cities, devolution, combined authorities, growth and productivity agenda, health and social care integration, expenditure and provision.

Building resilience, locality working, social capital also through Troubled Families, Children’s Centres and other programmes considering prevention, early intervention and behaviours, improved customer contact, care pathways, processes and organisational/structural change for impacts on outcomes and resources.

International development, growth, planning, regeneration, basic and essential services provision work focussing on strengths-based working, localisation, building all kinds of resilience, sub-national activity, cities, improving systems for service delivery, growth, self-sufficiency, development and ‘peace-conducive economic development’.

Policy work

Ongoing ‘Expert Adviser’ policy work to the UK Prime Minister’s office, Whitehall, the Labour Party (since 2000’s), the London Assembly, independent reviews and global programmes.

This has included work across the UK Government on Spending Reviews, also the Lyons Review into Local Government, informing the ‘place shaping’ and economic development agendas. Advised on the scoping, steering and conclusions of the Treasury’s Sub-National Review of Economic Development. Expert evidence contributed to the Number 10 Strategy Unit report on Deprived Areas which called for an economic emphasis in local efforts for regeneration. Advised the Allen Review on Early Intervention.

‘Growth Coalitions’

Devised the ‘Growth Coalitions’ and ‘Smart Local Government’ project which, through a whole-systems approach identified, created and integrated the synergy between the public service reform, inclusion and growth agendas. The UK government recently commissioned an essay on ‘Growth Coalitions’ to inform their ‘Future of Cities’ Foresight project. This ongoing ‘Growth Coalitions’ work currently influences a number of domestic and global programmes to promote city, sub-national, national and trans-national growth and development, including those addressing the benefit of good public financial management systems.

The ‘Growth Coalitions’ project applies findings from academic research on city growth, in the context of an appreciation of the outcomes derived from practice on the ground. It provides a whole system framework for realising enhanced levels of city growth and citizens’ well-being on the basis that the economy has considerable influence on these factors. ‘Smart Local Government’ provides a tailored, practical application of ‘Growth Coalitions’ methodologies.

Media

Commissioned to write think pieces, essays and provide comments for the UK Government, TV News, The Guardian, The Observer, Local Government Chronicle, The Municipal Journal, Regeneration and Renewal and New Start, academic journals and made presentations to LGC, The MJ, LGA, CIPFA, NLGN and other conferences on these issues. Podcasts and Webcasts.

Webcast

Expert guest at London Assembly’s Economy Committee, September 2018 to discuss the role and effectiveness of the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP), London’s Local Economic Partnership (LEP).

Podcast

Podcast with Professor Tony Travers, LSE on Devolution and Local Government, Policy Review TV, May 2015

TV interview

Interviewed on ITV News re. Devolution and the London Living Wage, April 2016, see 1:15

Publications

‘Labour’s local vision for growth’, The Municipal Journal, April 2024

‘Autumn Statement: Promoting local pro-growth coalitions’, The Municipal Journal, August 2022

See contributions to Regeneration and Renewal magazine’s evaluation lessons:

‘Policy must build on SRB success’, April 2007
‘Local success; regional challenges, March 2007
‘No collaboration halts LSP progress, February 2006
‘NDCs have had a ‘modest’ impact’, January 2006
‘City Growth goals remain unclear’, October 2005
‘Initiative boosts keyworker living’, October 2005
‘Early days and little impact for LSPs’, Sept 2005
‘LSPs must support the third secto, August 2005
‘Mums benefit from friendly support, June 2005
‘Excluded kids can rise to challenge’, May 2005

Israel/Palestine Centre for Research and Information. Setting agenda/writing discussion papers for “Oslo round” multilateral peace talks. Fineberg. A. ‘Regional cooperation in the tourism industry’, Israel/Palestine-Issues in Conflict-Issues for Co-operation. Vol. 2 (6) August 1993

Abstract, Masters degree thesis, Partnerships for local economic development. A cross-Atlantic comparative study of initiatives between the public and private sectors, 1992

Further webcasts

Troubled Families, The MJ conference: Tackling Troubled Families, Early Intervention strategies for success, London, 20 September 2012, Key Issue Seminar: Progressive models for local integrated working around the family

Community Based Budgeting, The MJ conference: The Next Step in Total Place, London, 10 February 2011, Presentation: Learning Lessons: community budgets, enhanced outcomes and realising efficiencies – what’s required to meet the challenges

Total Place, The MJ conference: Tackling worklessness through local partnerships, London, 26 October 2010, Presentation: Growth coalitions and smart local government – incentivising growth-focussed integrated local services to alleviate worklessness

Total Place, The MJ conference: A new opportunity? London, 18 Feb 2010, Interactive seminar: Progressing Total Place type activity across your locality

The LGA conference: Key messages from the pilot process and lessons for roll-out, 20 May 2005, Presentation: LEGI, ‘growth coalitions’ and ‘smart local government’

Further details on themes and experience, also recomendations available on LinkedIn

Contact

E mail: adam@fineberg.org.uk

Call: + 44 7949 705152

Growth coalitions ltd.

Company number 09044733

Registered office address: 3rd Floor, Lawford House, Albert Place, London, England, N3 1QA