Key to success - whether a project, business, career or life - is about making the best decisions we can, over time. In this episode of Future Up Close, Associate Professor Dr. Erik Fisher walks us through "STIR" (Socio-Technical Integration Research), a practical, effective and adaptive process he developed for boosting our human capacity for making better decisions while we work.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:11 What is responsible innovation? Why is it important for business leaders to do RI?
00:07:55 Challenges of applying responsible innovation in practice
00:15:11 What is STIR (Socio-Technical Integration Research)?
00:32:07 STIR vs. Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow"
00:37:58 How was STIR developed?
00:49:43 STIR in business: 4-Step Decision Protocol Process (Opportunity, Considerations, Alternatives, Outcomes)
00:58:15 Why are businesses using STIR?
01:11:50 What should business leaders keep in mind when doing STIR?
01:17:20 Impact of culture on STIR effectiveness
01:23:11 Industries most set to benefit from STIR
01:25:51 Who in business should connect with STIR Experts?
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About Erik:
Erik Fisher is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society within the College of Global Futures. He directs the Center for Responsible Innovation (USA) and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Responsible Innovation. Fisher has held visiting appointments at Delft Technical University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the University of Twente. Fisher studies the multi-level governance of emerging science and technology from the lab to the legislature. He developed the interdisciplinary, collaborative approach of Socio-Technical Integration Research (STIR), which has been applied in dozens of organizations around the world to build human capacity and creatively address socio-technical problems at an early stage. STIR has been supported and recognized by numerous bodies including the U.S. National Science Foundation, the European Commission, and the U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. Fisher’s research has appeared in various outlets including Research Policy; Science, Technology and Human Values; and Science and Public Policy.
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References, extra information and readings:
*Fisher, E., Biggs, S., Lindsay, S., & Zhao, J. (2010). Research thrives on integration of natural and social sciences. Nature, 463(7284), 1018-1018.
*Fisher, Erik. "Ethnographic invention: Probing the capacity of laboratory decisions." NanoEthics 1.2 (2007): 155-165.
*Fisher, Erik, and Roop L. Mahajan. "Midstream modulation of nanotechnology research in an academic laboratory." Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Chicago. 2006.
*Flipse, Steven M., Maarten CA van der Sanden, and Patricia Osseweijer. "Improving industrial R&D practices with social and ethical aspects: Aligning key performance indicators with social and ethical aspects in food technology R&D." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 85 (2014): 185-197.
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