Published in Dark Matter Laboratories·Nov 4, 2022Financing City Transitions: a public/civic ‘Deep Code’ innovation challenge?This blog is based on a single, hour long conversation between colleagues (with lots of discrete work behind it). It is deliberately raw and unpolished and represents our intention to open complex, imperfect discussions in this space. …9 min read9 min read
Published in Dark Matter Laboratories·Apr 9, 2022A Developmental FutureThe Future cannot be trapped by Risk. HYPOTHESIS: Risk increasingly feels like an outdated frame to scaffold innovation and the future. Over the last years, I have been concerned by a risk framed view of the future and innovation. At the outset I was delighted by linking risk and innovation…Innovation6 min readInnovation6 min read
Published in Dark Matter Laboratories·Nov 6, 2020The Emergence RoomAccountabilities needed for Future Fit Institutions By Alex Ryan Jayne Engle Indy Johar What is Emerging? Are we at the darkest hour, just before the dawn? The hard stop of the Covid crisis is akin to the rock bottom of addiction. It marks a moment of intense suffering for vast…Innovation7 min readInnovation7 min read
Published in Dark Matter Laboratories·Oct 2, 2020How do democracies innovate in a complex world?How do democracies innovate in a complex world? How do we make the necessary philosophical transition from an object-oriented world view in an infinite-world scenario to an interdependent world view in a small-world scenario? How do we avoid the pitfalls that accompany the romanticisation of the small and the local…Democracy7 min readDemocracy7 min read
Published in Dark Matter Laboratories·Aug 8, 2020A Way ForwardBy Millie Begovic R. & Indy Johar “A Way Forward”. This is an expedition into #NextGenGov that puts forward three core provocations: An urgent call to build a new statecraft for the age of uncertainty and risk. A recognition that we are operating in a new context of shared vulnerabilities…Government2 min readGovernment2 min read
Published in Dark Matter Laboratories·Aug 7, 2020Futures in Long-termism..This article is part of the Futures in Long-termism series. You can read all other related blogs by following the links at the bottom of the text. Throughout the past decades, we have been slicing time to finer and ever-shorter periods. As investor Esther Dyson once said, “In politics the…Future4 min readFuture4 min read
Published in Dark Matter Laboratories·Jan 13, 2020Amsterdam 2019–2020: Letter to our FutureVersion 7.10 Dear Friends, We are beginning a new decade and a critical year for Dark Matter in terms of achieving aspirations arising from our Berlin, Scotland and Amsterdam 2019 team retreats. Amsterdam successfully positioned us to build shared intentionality with regards to who we are, how we seek to operate and…Innovation13 min readInnovation13 min read
Published in Dark Matter Laboratories·Nov 30, 2019Governing the Asian Century:From risk takers to strategic risk holders — “Our whole life has been disrupted.” says Geetha, a sleepless mother about her struggle for water in Chennai- the city in India facing its worst water crisis in history. …Social Innovation11 min readSocial Innovation11 min read
Published in Dark Matter Laboratories·Jul 28, 2019THE NEED FOR RADICAL CIVIC TECH.The following is an outline summary and iteration of a talk given at techforgood. It is worthwhile acknowledging THIS summary builds on an important talk given by Cassie Robinson. and this must be seen as a precursor to what is outlined below.. First, I want to start by making the…Social Innovation3 min readSocial Innovation3 min read
Published in Dark Matter Laboratories·Jun 24, 2019Legitimacities: Notes on innovating our cities from the sidewalk upCould a network of regulatory experimentation labs in cities build legitimacy and shape inclusive innovation toward a great transition? Read the full report. — legitimacities/ By Joost Beunderman Matthew Claudel, Jayne Engle, Indy Johar Jonathan Lapalme, Chloe Treger, This proposal is a response to one of the most urgent crises…Cities4 min readCities4 min read
