Adam Gordon

Here I look at a study of how design thinking may be applied beyond the in-house innovation team i.e. be a model for multi-agency collaboration in solving societal or environmental problems thequarry.substack.com/p/can-design-t…

I revisit this old but classic piece from the Journal of Management Review, as pertinent today as it ever was... thequarry.substack.com/p/state-effect…

A dense Weick essay on sense-making, decision making and improvisation under uncertainty, somewhat unpacked :)

I take a look at Karl Weick's 'surfacing apprehension' for innovation insight, continuing the lessons of the Mann Gulch disaster, as just published in Academy of Management Discoveries @AOMConnect

I look at a new piece in @SMJ_Jour Strategic Management Journal on the problem of 'strategic persistence' i.e. uncertainty drives managers to cling to what worked last time rather than reorient when necessary - and how a scenarios view can remediate this thequarry.substack.com/p/overcoming-s…

I go courting trouble with the trend forecasters again...

my ongoing mining for value in the management lit - here a structured methodology for achieving (socially and environmentally) responsible innovation / adoption of new technologies where traditional governance has yet to manifest. thequarry.substack.com/p/a-beehive-mo…

I take a respectful swing at a Journal of Management Studies paper that should nevertheless be read (the article itself, that is). It says important things about company to community knock-ons. thequarry.substack.com/p/grand-dike-c…

Nordic companies lead in sustainability... but how much could transpose elsewhere? Skeptically digging into California Management Review article, May 2024 thequarry.substack.com/p/scandinavian…

#Anticipating #competitive #dynamics is key to win in new and transforming industries. Our new 7-step process model combines #scenario #planning and #business #wargaming to prepare for the future. doi.org/10.1016/j.futu… #Foresight @MGMTBSS

#Trump has rubbished foreign aid, but volte-face signs a $60bn bill #finance companies to do #business in #Africa, #Asia, #LatinAm. Shift is in fear of #China infrastructure investment in those regions, aka its rising #global influence. ht.ly/vEOf30menMP pic Bloomberg

...but on the other hand, #smile. #Puppy to the rescue. #NationalDessertDay #dog

Track record counts :) "Truck successfully delivered its valuable cargo of 50,000 #beers. Then Starsky #Robotics announced it would start making autonomous deliveries without a human in the #vehicle." #future #transportation #logistics ht.ly/8qAB30me0xA @singularityhub

Here's the truth about Brexit, the "punishment" that some people claim the EU wants to inflict on the UK, the real consequences of "no deal", and the hidden dangers of a possible transition period. Buckle in, it's quite long. Better to be thorough than to leave stuff out! 1/25

Excited. Our paper on the impact of #CorporateForesight on firm performance won the2018 #APF Most significant #Futures Work award for #methods & #tools. Thank you, @profuturists @menes_kum doi.org/10.1016/j.tech… @MGMTBSS @Aarhus_BSS

Inja ifile!! In 1990 I "met" #Pik Botha at a sickening, self-righteous NP rally I was forced to cover as a #journalist. A lesson in lack of #leadership and #future blindness.

I often meet terrific young women apprentices working in male-dominated trades. Almost all of them say they’ve been discouraged from entering their profession by careers advisers, parents or friends. Let’s support the girls who are smashing stereotypes 💪🏼 #DayOfTheGirl @theamwu

Part of ongoing #Bauhaus centenary celebrations, a new floating #university in #Berlin is a continuation and expansion of previous #education #future experiments. #architecture #eu ht.ly/MHO130maB2P

Start your SMART specialisation strategy by looking into the future and plan backwards #strategicforesight #EWRC2018 ⁦@ReneRohrbeck⁩ ⁦@MatthewSpaniol⁩ ⁦@AarhusUni⁩ ⁦@larsholte⁩ ⁦@CentralDenmark⁩

Quality #future thinking here: "The #digital revolution’s track record...flits about, responding to the gravitational forces of hype bubbles and monopoly #power, warped by the resilience of old institutions and the fragility of new ones" ht.ly/7bp530m9VO2 @davekarpf @WIRED