Active stalls · Behavioural substitution patterns
S1
Re-proving Instead of Narrowing
medium
S2
Coordinating Instead of Deciding
medium
S3
Forgiving Instead of Redesigning
low
S4
Extracting Without Reinvesting
medium
S5
Mediating Instead of Coupling
low
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Stabilising Around Incumbents
high
S7
Narrating Instead of Testing
low
S8
Scaling Activity Instead of Throughput
medium
Stall radar · Intensity across all 9 types
Stabilisation stacks · Why single interventions fail
Activity volume generates demand for more re-proving; re-proving keeps all programmes alive; forgiving keeps non-performers in the portfolio; all three pressure types absorbed.
Value extraction events generate narrative about ecosystem success; narrative legitimises continued extraction by framing it as ecosystem contribution; uncertainty about whether extraction is harmful absorbed by the success narrative.
Stage 5 · Leverage hypothesis
"If one UKRI funding stream (e.g., Innovate UK, 62% of grants per P015) pre-committed to a hard exit criterion (e.g., "programmes receiving <3 follow-on investments within 24 months will not receive renewal funding"), it might reduce the system's ability to absorb failure signals through programme continuation without making tolerance mechanism...
6-12 months
Leverage hypotheses are testable perturbations, not prescriptions. Where demand-side behaviour is weakly visible, the correct move is observation — improving visibility before attempting change.
Structural resemblances · Clusters with similar stall configurations
Greater Glasgow Innovation Ecosystem
Glasgow · GB
Volume-Tolerance
2 shared stacks · 264 evidence · Tier 1 - Robust
Volume-Tolerance: Activity volume generates demand for more re-proving; re-proving keeps all programmes alive; forgiving keeps non-performers in the portfolio; all three pressure types absorbed.
Absorbs: Demand, Failure, Pressure
Dhaka Garment Tech & FinTech
Dhaka · BD
Growing
1 shared stack · 80 evidence · P2
Narrative–Partnership Stabilisation: Narrating behavior (Narrating: international partnerships 2018-2024 with Visa, Mastercard, H&M Foundation, Microsoft, Ant Financial) co-occurs with external capital extraction (Extracting: internation...
Absorbs: Opportunity (partnerships and capital signal growth potential), Uncertainty (international validation reduces perceived risk), Pressure (external resources address immediate funding gaps)
Jakarta FinTech
Jakarta · ID
Growing
1 shared stack · 65 evidence · P2
Capital Mobilisation–Narrative Coupling: Extracting without reinvesting (Extracting: VC funding flows) plausibly sustains narrating instead of testing (Narrating: valuation announcements) by providing capital that enables announcement-worthy...
Absorbs: Pressure (growth expectations), Opportunity (capital availability), Uncertainty (market validation)
What happens next
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