DangerMouth: The Innovation Station
The podcast that takes you on the long and dangerous journey from the siloed foothills of inventing things to the yawning abyss of reinventing society. Each week we take a subject related to innovation and set off on a verbal stroll to see what wonders unfold.
Episodes
Entrophy, authenticity, diversity vs expediency, lettuce vs leader.
In which Darrell tries to stop a closed system from becoming more random. How do you think that went?
You be the judge?
Back in 2023 I crash landed my kayak onto Great Blasket Island, perched out on the far-flung edge of Western Europe. Luckily for me I was swept up by Emily "The Caretaker".
Darrell and I chat to Emily and Dan about what they learned and how they see the future.
Certified: Contradiction Free (He He)
Mikey and Darrell chat with the creative writer, cabinet maker and refugee from the Midlands William Draycott.
Resident of the ancient town of Bodmin in Cornwall's brooding moorlands.
The theme is stories. But you know how it goes by now.
Links
We are Systematic Innovation The only innovation company on the planetThe story omitted from the episode.
An erudite Darrell, augmented by Shana's cookies of wisdom, lay out the 6 components of strategy for all to see. Mikey tries his best but cannot quite derail the process.
Links:
Definition of Strategy (SIG,OST)
1. Complexity
2. S-Curve
3. Directionality
4. Contradictions
5. Immutability
6. Measure whats Important
Notes from the Innovation coalface; from our guest Costas Papaikonomou who has been there and got the T-Shirt.
Costas also gives advice on investing in eco startups and insights into how often super intelligent people skip the fundamentals and waste brainpower on irrelevant detail.
Also; another annoying example of how the Dutch speak English better than the English.
About Costas
Special guest Kathleen (aka Trinity) tries to fathom out Darrell (Morpheus).
Will she take the Red Pill, the Blue Pill or bring out the Yellow Ribbon?
Links:
Darrell and his team have amassed 11.5 million cases in his quest for the 41st principle, what's the story?
AND; Why does Darrell rate Neil Ferguson and not Yuri Noah Harari.
What got you here wont get you there
Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
TRENDNA Understanding populations better than they understand themselves.
We intended to have the theme of ritual and environment vs receptivity and and got lost in Bullet Ants, Mormons, Cookies, The Matrix, Immutibility, Soccer Referees and Stand Up Comedians. All the usual. There was some serious stuff hidden in the middle if you like that sort of thing. Something for everyone!
Stormy seas separate spark and success. 98% of innovations fail along the way.
Stormy seas are just one hurdle to overcome when paddling a kayak around a country.
Are there parallels? Lessons to learn?
Two veterans of the watery world, John Willacy and Jon Hynes share their hard-won insights.
John Willacy #33 - John Willacy - The Strategy of Speed
John Hynes Retro Trip #88 - Jon Hynes - Wild Atlantic Warrior
Democracy is creaking at the seams. Is there a better system waiting in the wings?
Mikey and Darrell seek the Ideal Final Result!
Book: More from Less
Opinion: Minimun Viable Politician
Opinion: None of the Above
Unchanging people in a changing world, why do change projects fail?
Darrell and Mikey are joined by anthro-complexity guru and cowgirl Shana Finnegan to help rope this tricky steer.
Book Referenced: Thinking In Systems: A Primer Donella H. Meadows,
"It could take years to learn this way of the world, but if you read this book you will learn this in hours. This book is not an engineering book and it is unfortunate that Donella gave ...
Darrell has to pick which of the 8 tracks to take with him...
Track List
Right Off - Miles Davies
The Glowing Man - Swans
Somewhere Everywhere - Keith Jarrett (Trio)
Your Bright Baby Blues - Jackson Brown
First We Take Manhattan - Jennifer Warns, Stevie Ray
Host Mikey delves in the life story of Darrell, finding out which music tracks he would like to take on his personal desert island.
Tracks
Man from Mars - from the soundtrack of the film Grace of My Heart, Kristen Vigard
Summertime in England - Van Morrison
The Rainbow - TalTalk
In which Mikey and Darrell try to come up with the storyline of a thriller, the next Times No. 1 Best Seller
Somewhere along the way, they lose the plot!
Who could have predicted this?
Haier’s self-evolving organization
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_to_Great
Darrell and Mikey try and fathom out the reasons that systematic innovation is not widely adopted in its time of need.
Mikeys law of cakes.
The Culture Wars explained in a new way.
What is the connection between the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers and Darrell?
Just how traumatised is Mikey after being scammed out of £7000? and more...
The Worshipful Company of Fan Makers
In which Mikey and Darrell ponder the uncertain road ahead for education.
What advice would you give your grandchild?
In which, Darrell tries and fails, to convince you, that he is not an evil alien reptile.
Mikey asks a great question about whether there are lessons to be learned from the Catholic Churches long running efforts to contain heretical thought. Which gets ignored, and we discuss the "Book the Coming Wave" by Mustafa Suleyman and how it relates to chimpanzees.
References
The Coming Wave https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/90590134
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