Active stalls · Behavioural substitution patterns
S1
Re-proving Instead of Narrowing
medium
S2
Coordinating Instead of Deciding
low
S3
Forgiving Instead of Redesigning
medium
S4
Extracting Without Reinvesting
indeterminate
S5
Mediating Instead of Coupling
medium
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Stabilising Around Incumbents
high
S7
Narrating Instead of Testing
low
S8
Scaling Activity Instead of Throughput
low
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.
Intermediaries produce narrative about their facilitation role; narrative legitimises intermediary existence and funding; uncertainty about direct coupling absorbed by narrative rather than demonstration.
Stage 5 · Leverage hypothesis
"If one support programme were required to publish a pre-committed closure threshold (e.g., "If fewer than X firms engage for Y consecutive quarters, programme closes automatically"), it might reduce the system's ability to absorb failure signals without adaptation by making the tolerance mechanism visible and creating a precedent for...
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
London Transport Logistics Mobility
London · GB
Volume-Tolerance
2 shared stacks · 123 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
Riyadh FinTech
Riyadh · SA
Growing
1 shared stack · 63 evidence · P1
Intermediation–Narrative Stabilisation: Mediating (accelerator ecosystem, SME support programs, international accelerators) creates venues and relationships that plausibly sustain Narrating (cross-border partnerships, industry associations)...
Absorbs: Uncertainty (market viability), Complexity (multi-stakeholder coordination), Opportunity (international legitimacy)
Singapore FinTech & Digital Assets
Singapore · SG
Mature
1 shared stack · 74 evidence · P2
Intermediation–Narrative Stabilisation: Mediation infrastructure (Mediating: bilateral agreements, platforms) provides material basis for narrative construction (Narrating: festivals, partnerships); narrative activity attracts participants ...
Absorbs: Uncertainty (cross-border regulatory divergence), Opportunity (global capital/talent attraction), Complexity (jurisdictional coordination)
What happens next
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