Active stalls · Behavioural substitution patterns
S1
Re-proving Instead of Narrowing
low
S2
Coordinating Instead of Deciding
medium
S3
Forgiving Instead of Redesigning
low
S4
Extracting Without Reinvesting
medium
S5
Mediating Instead of Coupling
low
S6
Stabilising Around Incumbents
medium
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 programme published non-performer data (e.g., "of 127 businesses receiving grants in 2024, X showed no revenue growth, Y ceased trading, Z did not respond to follow-up"), it might reduce the system's ability to absorb failure signals via tolerance without making visible the scale of...
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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