Place-based leadership: New possibilities for planning?

Abstract

Study an example of bold and imaginative planning and you will encounter leadership -probably inspirational leadership.Planning practitioners understand this well enough.In contrast planning theorists seem to regard leadership as an intellectual 'no go' zone.Many planning theory books pay no attention to leadership at all.By drawing on new comparative, international research on place-based leadership, this paper hopes to encourage planning scholars and practitioners to give more attention to the nature of leadership in urban planning.The author is preparing a book -Leading the Inclusive City.Place-based innovation for a bounded planet -for publication in 2014.This paper, which introduces themes that are examined at greater length in the book, discusses evolving debates about governance and leadership, sets out a new conceptual model for understanding placebased leadership and, in particular, highlights the role of civic leadership in promoting public service innovation.The paper closes with a discussion of possible implications for planning.

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