Relation (You/not-You)

Empowering end users in the energy transition

Empowering end users in the energy transition

This is the title of the promotion research by Daphne Geelen that is laying on my desk. I am…
Were to make changes, YUPTA diagrams Current/ Future system for farmers and local people

Were to make changes, YUPTA diagrams Current/ Future system for farmers and local people
Sustainability all over Europe

Sustainability all over Europe

Not only in the Netherlands, but throughout all the countries in Europe plays sustainability an…
Week 2: Report on week 2

Week 2: Report on week 2

The weekly report for week 2 presents the findings of a YUTPA-analysis, and also briefly presents…
The contribution of local experiments and the negotiation process of field-level learning in emerging (niche) technologies.

The contribution of local experiments and the negotiation process of field-level learning in emerging (niche) technologies.

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Collaborative Research Platform
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Collaborative Research Platform

Witnessed Presence and Systems Engineering is an exploratory and interdisciplinary research project…
Being and Bearing Witness
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Being and Bearing Witness

The key question within the Participatory Systems Initiative is ‘how to design systems so human…
Actor-Presence Model
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Actor-Presence Model

It has been argued that profiting from certain forms of employee experiences requires a form of…
Notion of ‘presence’
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Notion of ‘presence’

Developments in the four companies appear to show that at least some employees (non-managers…
Developing actor-presence
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Developing actor-presence

Non-managers increasingly behave like independent actors in their company, fully aware of their…
Transferring initiative
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Transferring initiative

The fifth stage sees employees starting to communicate with fellow victims of the managerial…
Fuzziness over roles and personal life
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Fuzziness over roles and personal life

Managers start to identify with their (harsh) strategies, and blur the boundary between the…
Reinforcing change
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Reinforcing change

The third stage refers to the development of new strategies: managers starting to emphasise higher
Drawing the boundaries
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Drawing the boundaries

In the second stage, managers introduce additional discipline and stricter measures to control the…
Experiencing the need to change
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Experiencing the need to change

The first stage refers to managers and employees becoming aware of the challenges their…
The fifth model
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The fifth model

A more promising model surfaced recently (Kaufmann and Tödtling 2001; Kaufmann et al. 2009). It is…
Periodicity, synchrony, and entrainment
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Periodicity, synchrony, and entrainment

It is becoming evident from these various studies that periodicity, synchrony, and entrainment…
Our ‘sensing’ of the other
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Our ‘sensing’ of the other

In her work on witnessed presence, Nevejan (2009) argues that that our awareness and connectivity…
The internal pulse
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The internal pulse

From the domain of music and neuroscience, Grahn (2009) provides a comprehensive review of the…
Neuroscience and entrainment
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Neuroscience and entrainment

Within neuroscience, the study of interpersonal synchrony is a new and emerging area of research.
Rhythm and music
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Rhythm and music

In contrast to research in anthropology and human interaction, where entrainment, rhythm, and…
Rhythm and culture
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Rhythm and culture

George Leonard (1981) writes about identity as being ‘the stable, persistent, unique quality that…
Timing and meaning
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Timing and meaning

In music, timing is very important. If you get the rhythm right, the tune will be recognizable as…
Resistance and flow
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Resistance and flow

The differences in our rhythmic pulse pull us to each other. This pulling is not operating at a…