The Supportive Cycle (v1.0)

A model for the Platform-for-Development framework

The Platform-for-Development (P4D) framework starts from a unique theoretical assumption that the ideal unit of analysis for studying adult development in the age of platforms is a nested social structure: Platform[Project(People)].

The major theoretical resources behind the framework are Activity Theory (the project-oriented approach, Andy Blunden, 2014), Social Domains Theory (Derek Layder, 1997), Ecological Psychology (James Gibson, 1979), and Self-Determination Theory (Edward Deci and Richard Ryan, 1971, 2017). I was also inspired by Knud Illeris’ How We Learn (2007) and John Hagel’s The Power of Platform (2015).

This article introduces a new model called the Supportive Cycle for the framework. The model is based on the concept of Supportance.

Contents

1. Platform v.s. Project
2. A Supportance-based Model
3. Case Study: TED(TEDx)
4. The #1 Supportive Movement
5. The #2 Supportive Movement
6. The #3 Supportive Movement
7. The #4 Supportive Movement
8. Toward a Platform Ecology
9. Summary

1. Platform v.s. Project

I have introduced five analysis modules of the Platform-for-Development framework in a previous article. Today I am going to…