Explained: The TransCap Initiative as a Meso Space
I recently published two articles as part of the “In Defense of Theory” series that explore the concept of the Space as a mental model for organizing innovation work and of the meso layer as a critical stratum in the systems innovation sphere. …
This is the departure blog for the TransCap Initiative’s collaboration with EIT Climate-KIC and Dark Matter, CIVIC SQUARE, ThirtyPercy Foundation, and Lankelly Chase for civic-led systemic investing in the UK. It was written collectively by the team behind this collaboration.
Finance at the Climate Crossroads
Since the signing of the UNFCCC’s Paris Agreement in 2015…
Does the connective tissue between micro and macro hold the key to systems change?
Es ist Zeit, den öffentlichen Raum neu zu denken.
Auf öffentlichem Grund in der Stadt Zürich stehen rund 62’000 Bäume, etwa ein Drittel davon an Strassen, der Rest in Grünanlagen. Gleichzeitig gibt es ungefähr 70’000 öffentlich zugängliche Parkplätze.
Diese Zahlen stehen symbolisch für eine veraltete Vorstellung von Raumnutzung. Wie die meisten Städte ist auch Zürich um die Bedürfnisse des…
Why we need to move beyond projects and platforms and add a new model for organising work to our systems change toolbox
Project /ˈprɒdʒ.ekt/
an endeavour that is carefully planned and proceeds…
If your innovation appeals to the mainstream, you’re not pushing hard enough
In 2007, two flatmates named Brian and Joe hosted…
This is the first article in a multi-part series that argues for greater appreciation of conceptual work in addressing climate change and other wicked societal problems. You can read Part II here and Part III here. The other parts are forthcoming.
The 2020s are the decisive decade of humankind. A…
What does it mean to stand in the messy middle?
When I recently presented my work on systemic investing to one of the world’s largest multilateral financial institutions, they didn’t get it. It was frustrating.
Then I was told by a colleague that my work was too abstract and that the value proposition was unclear. This was frustrating, too.
transformation (phenomenon)
deep, structural, and irreversible changeTransformation Capital (logic)
a systemic investment approach for catalysing mission-driven sustainability transitions in the real economyTransformation Capital Initiative (space)
1: a multi-year open innovation initiative to develop,demonstrate, and scale systemic investing
2: a do-tank for the sustainable finance movement
The science is…
Der Klimaschutz macht Zwangspause. Doch der Kampf um die besten politischen Narrative beginnt bereits heute.
Am 27. Februar 2020 kam mein Sohn Hanno zur Welt. Es war die Woche, in der die Hamsterkäufe begannen. Am Tag des Spitalaustritts waren Desinfektionsmittel vergriffen. Die kurzzeitig aufflammende Panik trieb mich dazu, ein angebrochenes Fläschchen aus der Maternité zu stehlen.
Hanno ist ein Corona-Kind — direkt in die Quarantäne…
