Article discussed: Rebecca M. Henderson and Kim B. Clark (1990) “Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and the Failure of Established Firms” Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 9-30. There's an episode of Star Trek: the Next Generation called I, Borg, which is useful for thinking about innovation theory and 'dominant... Continue Reading →
A glorious late summer’s day. What better way to spend it than being a mouse in the maze that is Manchester Business School, and chancing upon the first “Manchester Institute of Innovation Research” seminar of the academic year? It was on “Institutionalisation of the Field of Entrepreneurship” The presenter, Prof Benson Honig, set about demolishing... Continue Reading →
Aside from the sudden arrival at my side of the wife, nothing could have made me happier five minutes ago than this magnificent 'Conference Bingo' card!! If only I had had it two weeks ago before going to Brighton... via @TheSocReview, by Kat Gupta (here, I think) and Heather Froehlich (here, I think). UPDATE -... Continue Reading →
Two Australian scientists warn that Australia will have to take climate refugees! Yep, you guessed it. They made this warning in... 1988. Quiddington, P. (1988) SCIENTISTS WARN OF ISLANDS' PERIL Sydney Morning Herald 23rd August Australia may need to take in a wave of environmental refugees from coral atolls in the Pacific and Indian oceans,... Continue Reading →
So, I was at the International Sustainability Transitions Network conference for 3 and a half days. (Here’s my take on days 1 and 2.) Because I am a mug, I volunteered to be one of the chairs of the “Shaping the future transitions research agenda” process, which ran on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This... Continue Reading →
There's nowt as practical as a good theory, as we sometimes say up north. If true, this would make the University of Sussex one of the most practical places in the world about now. The sixth International Sustainability Transitions' (IST) conference (the main event of this network) is taking place over 3 and a half... Continue Reading →
My, doesn't that sound like a particularly bad Robert Ludlum novel (three inch thrillers with three word titles)? It's about being able to blot out the horrible thing that is inevitably coming, and do what you have to do in the meantime. Sisyphus blah de blah, yadder yadder yadder. In case you don't know the... Continue Reading →
Incomplete because it doesn't include a couple I took with, or the ones my amazing wife kindly packed in her luggage. And yes, I have read some, and intend to read/make good use of the rest. Am applying for an increase on my word limit for my thesis blah blah blah. PhD (and some others... Continue Reading →
This article outlines the very familiar pathological pattern of meetings at which dialogue is lauded and then slaughtered, the usual attempts to fix the pathologies, and then describes why they usually fail. It closes out with what COULD be done, and why it won’t be (it’s a conspiracy!!) The pathological meeting We have all been there... Continue Reading →
At its best our species does courage, creativity and trust. At its worst it excels at greed,stupidity and violence. Last night Melbourne Playback Theatre Company (MPTC) displayed enormous quantities of the former to illuminate one symptom of the latter - climate change. The event's format captured our dilemma nicely. The first half was taken up... Continue Reading →
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