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Sociologist primarily interested in organizations. Fan of archives and cities. American in London. Working on the applied side. It’s all garbage cans.
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Coming soon! Our new edited book "Historicity in Organization Studies" #oap2023

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a regular bugbear of mine - when something goes over budget on costs by 50% it's the end of the world, but you can underestimate the benefits massively and people treat it like a success story. Crossrail was arguably built 20 years too late because of these errors

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I think about this map a lot. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/201...

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The ability to rape with impunity is the honey in the honeycomb of global far-right power. westerlymag.com.au/burning-men-...

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It’s taken me 20 years to figure out, but I much prefer studying orgs over doing stuff to them.

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When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”

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Cutting aid might finance defence spending, but what really matters are real resources: finding the workers, capacity & management ability to produce military goods & services: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Save Us, Sane Max.

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The Avery Brother’s “Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it” is such a gorgeous song lyric.

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Every day I read the news it is more and more tempting to mentally check out and start a new career in the emerging field of white collar fraud that the US is establishing a competitive advantage in

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In Geneva Airport and All Saints just came on the PA radio. Not sure what to make of this other than sharing my bemusement

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Convinced Lausanne has the highest concentration of hair salons on earth.

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Rana Foroohar doesn’t miss.

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There are, probably, 3-5 flavors / taste that just make me go, “America!” And lager in probably top of that list. *this culinary memory unlock brought to you by Sunday work travel from Heathrow.

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The UK has a state capacity problem. 🎁 link:

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I am tired and do wish to face the horrors today.

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A mesocratic civil service that can implement state policies in standardized predictable ways is a societal superpower. We're letting a lunatic destroy our beautiful bureaucracy for no reason.

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

Really pleased and honored to be in the company of these great scholars thinking and writing about what happened in the last election. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

📡 at very long last, today is the big day! my beloved book, OTHER NETWORKS: A RADICAL TECHNOLOGY SOURCEBOOK, is officially available for pre-order! 1/5 #othernetworks shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...

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Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-p...

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What are things that you only notice because of specific professional knowledge, that make you irrationally angry?

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Recruitment is definitely one of those activities where outsourcing is the better solution. Have never worked with a good in-house team.

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A cluster of stories on regulation this morning in the FT. First, the UK government's plan to review all regulators to see if they are working to boost growth. A depressing and sterile debate based on the incorrect regulation v growth narrative. www.ft.com/content/f82f...

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Mayor: You finish that statue of Lincoln for the federal courthouse? Sculptor: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked. Mayor: what

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In the coming weeks, a lot of slow-on-the uptake folks are going to begin belatedly realizing Trump is both an inept moron and a dangerous autocrat. Our great civic challenge in these trying times will be calmly welcoming them aboard instead of primal-screaming in their faces.

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“But an insolvency process is a normal part of capitalism, to ensure productive assets can be preserved and relaunched.” This is what the UK government needs to understand. Sometimes bad ideas need to be allowed to fail. That’s why there a regulatory regime to manage it.

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I’ve amazed myself by how easily I’ve transitioned into a low information citizen. Suppose everything’s easy when you put your mind to it.

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The funniest part about this is Dimon complaining about people being distracted/texting on zoom calls and then saying “that doesn’t happen when people meet with me” Like, no shit. You’re the CEO. He really doesn’t get that his interactions with staff are stage managed like a broadway production

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Ok sociology, what do you think are genuine breakthroughs that our field has made. Contributions that might convince skeptical but sympathetic *academics* (not the public) of the value of our field? I'll brainstorm some of mine in the thread - I treat sociology very broadly

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Open thread on my favorite article intros - insomnia edition.

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