It's good to have a really good handle on why it is "unravelling" (1). Might help us spot some of the hows of the unravelling before they quite arrive. No averting, that's a 20th century delusion... Anyway thanks to a smart and compassionate friend (who took me out to the coast last Tuesday, when I... Continue Reading →
Nukes, prestige and dime-store psychology
The bang was big. In 16 July 1945, humans got to start using the power of the sun. First to fry people, but then – and this is not understood enough – with the hope (okay, maybe it was a bit of a fig-leaf) of the “peaceful use of nuclear explosions”. What's this, you say?... Continue Reading →
Video: What is absorptive capacity?
And here is the script that I more or less stumbled through. So, what is absorptive capacity? According to the seminal 1990 article by Cohen and Levinthal it's "a firm's ability to recognize the value of new information, assimilate it, and apply it to commercial ends" Extending this, Zahra and George (2002) say it is... Continue Reading →
Concept fetishism and leather skirts
So a fetish is a god we create and then forget that we created and get down to serious worshipping of. There's a rather good Doctor Who story from 1976, that was going to be called "The Day God Went Mad" but ended up being called "The Face of Evil" that outlines this with added... Continue Reading →
Video: The Greening of Industry/Eco-innovation
More or less the script I burble. Stuff in square brackets didn't get said or referenced, because the damn thing was already 5 and a half minutes... The whole field of “green innovation” is a Rorschach test. We see in the blobs what we want and need to see. Capitalism mutating into something ecologically friendly,... Continue Reading →
Proposed script for video on “the Greening of Industry”
The whole field of “green innovation” is a Rorschach test. We see in the blobs what we want and need to see. Capitalism mutating into something ecologically friendly, capitalism wrecking the planet. The system working, the system shirking… This video throws out questions raised by the idea of “eco-innovation.” It also gives a quick overview... Continue Reading →
Video: Issue lifecycles, a not-even-beginner’s guide
First, a public health warning. I am not yet clear enough on the distinction(s) between issue attention cycles and issue lifecycles to make this video. I’m doing it, therefore, to get Shot. Down. In. Flames. Then, if I survive the crash, I will make a – better- sequel. How’s that for dialectic and iterative? Issue... Continue Reading →
Proposed script for video on Issue Lifecycles Literature
Comments please on this draft script for a video on Issue Lifecycles Literature (see here for the Issue Attention Cycles one) You can also email me at marcmywords@gmail.com First, a public health warning. I am not yet clear enough on the distinction(s) between issue attention cycles and issue lifecycles to make this video. I’m... Continue Reading →
Video: Issue Attention Cycle beginner’s guide
So, a very crude (but not rude) video about the Issue Attention Cycle. Done more for my own benefit - to nail a couple of things and get back into the video-making habit. I've gotten rusty... Comments welcome, of course... Script: This guy is Ibn Khaldun. He was an historian in the 14th century. He... Continue Reading →
Inclusive Innovation, eco-innovation and so on… #isaforum2016
The finish line was in sight. The fifth and final day of the International Sociological Association Forum climaxed with a very good party. But before that, there were four sessions and a closing plenary. The first session I went to was on “Inclusive Innovation for Inclusive Growth”. Before I say anything about that, this; you... Continue Reading →
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