{"id":4884,"date":"2026-04-15T13:31:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:24:45","slug":"choosing-directions-innovation-power-and-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/choosing-directions-innovation-power-and-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Directions: Innovation, Power, and Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this episode, we talk with Andy Stirling about one of the most overlooked questions in innovation: direction. Not just how innovation happens, but who decides where it goes and which alternatives are ignored. We discuss the difference between directing innovation, the direction of innovation, and directionality \u2013 the idea that there are always multiple possible technological futures. The conversation explores innovation roadmaps, power, democracy, sustainability transitions, and why innovation is never purely technical, but always political.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find Andy on the <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.sussex.ac.uk\/p7513-andrew-stirling\">University of Sussex<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=2hecKxEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/centre-for-innovation-research\/\">Centre for Innovation Research<\/a>\u00a0for future episodes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0219_0954_MASTER.pdf\">Transcript of episode.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4575\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4884-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0219_0954_MASTER.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0219_0954_MASTER.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0219_0954_MASTER.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0219_0954_MASTER.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/?powerpress_pinw=4884-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0219_0954_MASTER.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2026_0219_0954_MASTER.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 21:47 &#8212; 49.9MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('4884-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_4884-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_4884-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/?powerpress_embed=4884-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we talk with Andy Stirling about one of the most overlooked questions in innovation: direction. 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