Martin Parker
@profmartinp.bsky.social
Business School Prof biting the hand that feeds him. Publications here https://sites.google.com/view/profmartinp/home?authuser=0
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Martin Parker
@profmartinp.bsky.social
· Dec 14
The Organization of Things: A Cabinet of Curiosities
This is a book about knowledge and how it is organized.
The business school has captured ideas about organization, and reduced them to questions of formal structures, documented processes, logistics ...
www.routledge.com
Its been out a month now. Have you got your copy yet? Why not?
“Professor Parker’s ‘beachcombing’ for a cabinet of curiosities is a marvel of assemblage." Gibson Burrell, University of York, UK
www.routledge.com/The-Organiza...
“Professor Parker’s ‘beachcombing’ for a cabinet of curiosities is a marvel of assemblage." Gibson Burrell, University of York, UK
www.routledge.com/The-Organiza...
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This Administration says there’s no money to feed hungry kids, but:
• Billions for a new war in Nigeria
• Billions for Argentina
• Billions for another war in Venezuela
• Millions to blow up boats
• Millions for a ballroom
Amazing how the budget’s always empty when it comes to feeding the poor.
• Billions for a new war in Nigeria
• Billions for Argentina
• Billions for another war in Venezuela
• Millions to blow up boats
• Millions for a ballroom
Amazing how the budget’s always empty when it comes to feeding the poor.
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This Administration says there’s no money to feed hungry kids, but:
• Billions for a new war in Nigeria
• Billions for Argentina
• Billions for another war in Venezuela
• Millions to blow up boats
• Millions for a ballroom
Amazing how the budget’s always empty when it comes to feeding the poor.
• Billions for a new war in Nigeria
• Billions for Argentina
• Billions for another war in Venezuela
• Millions to blow up boats
• Millions for a ballroom
Amazing how the budget’s always empty when it comes to feeding the poor.
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There is huge opportunity to reduce Americans electricity costs if more of them who can afford it would install solar & batteries.
For example, only 80,000 Pennsylvanians have installed solar on their homes, only 5 million nationwide mostly in CA.
#EnergySky
environmentamerica.org/pennsylvania...
For example, only 80,000 Pennsylvanians have installed solar on their homes, only 5 million nationwide mostly in CA.
#EnergySky
environmentamerica.org/pennsylvania...
Clean energy across America
Millions of Americans are building a cleaner, healthier energy future, one household at a time.
environmentamerica.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There is huge opportunity to reduce Americans electricity costs if more of them who can afford it would install solar & batteries.
For example, only 80,000 Pennsylvanians have installed solar on their homes, only 5 million nationwide mostly in CA.
#EnergySky
environmentamerica.org/pennsylvania...
For example, only 80,000 Pennsylvanians have installed solar on their homes, only 5 million nationwide mostly in CA.
#EnergySky
environmentamerica.org/pennsylvania...
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Have you seen this @profmartinp.bsky.social ?
Great call to arms by @cnewf.bsky.social, following the tactic of Jed Esty's "Future of Decline" by looking to Stuart Hall & the New Left, & urging us to forego "private agency within our universities" in favor of "collective agency by running them."
Academics Must Seize the Means of Knowledge Production - Public Books
Trumpism has canceled the knowledge society.
www.publicbooks.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Have you seen this @profmartinp.bsky.social ?
This is what Carl Rhodes said about my book.
“Books about organizations too often offer hackneyed statements of the obvious, riddled with ideologically saturated saccharine meanderings of marginal importance."
He then says my book doesn't do that, so buy it.
www.routledge.com/The-Organiza...
“Books about organizations too often offer hackneyed statements of the obvious, riddled with ideologically saturated saccharine meanderings of marginal importance."
He then says my book doesn't do that, so buy it.
www.routledge.com/The-Organiza...
The Organization of Things: A Cabinet of Curiosities
This is a book about knowledge and how it is organized.
The business school has captured ideas about organization, and reduced them to questions of formal structures, documented processes, logistics ...
www.routledge.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is what Carl Rhodes said about my book.
“Books about organizations too often offer hackneyed statements of the obvious, riddled with ideologically saturated saccharine meanderings of marginal importance."
He then says my book doesn't do that, so buy it.
www.routledge.com/The-Organiza...
“Books about organizations too often offer hackneyed statements of the obvious, riddled with ideologically saturated saccharine meanderings of marginal importance."
He then says my book doesn't do that, so buy it.
www.routledge.com/The-Organiza...
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Space is a key feature of social life. But does the digitalisation of society affect its spatial dimensions, and if so, how? Listen to our latest podcast with Leverhulme Visiting Professor Theodore Schatzki and Dale Southerton
researchpod.org/university-o...
#sociodigitalfutures @leverhulme.ac.uk
researchpod.org/university-o...
#sociodigitalfutures @leverhulme.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Space is a key feature of social life. But does the digitalisation of society affect its spatial dimensions, and if so, how? Listen to our latest podcast with Leverhulme Visiting Professor Theodore Schatzki and Dale Southerton
researchpod.org/university-o...
#sociodigitalfutures @leverhulme.ac.uk
researchpod.org/university-o...
#sociodigitalfutures @leverhulme.ac.uk
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TODAY WE CAN ELECT A GREEN MAYOR
Polling stations are now OPEN.
You can get out and vote Mary Page to be the first Green, West Of England Mayor.
Remember to bring ID.
💪Let’s do this!💪
Polling stations are now OPEN.
You can get out and vote Mary Page to be the first Green, West Of England Mayor.
Remember to bring ID.
💪Let’s do this!💪
May 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
TODAY WE CAN ELECT A GREEN MAYOR
Polling stations are now OPEN.
You can get out and vote Mary Page to be the first Green, West Of England Mayor.
Remember to bring ID.
💪Let’s do this!💪
Polling stations are now OPEN.
You can get out and vote Mary Page to be the first Green, West Of England Mayor.
Remember to bring ID.
💪Let’s do this!💪
Coop people! (And those who are alternative economy adjacent.) Last chance to submit an abstract for our special issue on coops in fiction, art and culture. Just an abstract to start off with, but do let us have a look at your ideas. See below.
www.ukscs.coop/pages/imagin...
www.ukscs.coop/pages/imagin...
Imagining co-operatives? | UK Society for Co-operative Studies
2026 Special Issue: Co-operatives and co-operative economy in art and culture
www.ukscs.coop
April 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Coop people! (And those who are alternative economy adjacent.) Last chance to submit an abstract for our special issue on coops in fiction, art and culture. Just an abstract to start off with, but do let us have a look at your ideas. See below.
www.ukscs.coop/pages/imagin...
www.ukscs.coop/pages/imagin...
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TOMORROW IS YOUR CHANCE
🟩 Vote Mary Page to be the first ever GREEN MAYOR for the West Of England. 🟩
It’s gonna be a tight one, but with YOUR HELP we can do this!
Credit: John Darvall, BBC
🟩 Vote Mary Page to be the first ever GREEN MAYOR for the West Of England. 🟩
It’s gonna be a tight one, but with YOUR HELP we can do this!
Credit: John Darvall, BBC
April 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
TOMORROW IS YOUR CHANCE
🟩 Vote Mary Page to be the first ever GREEN MAYOR for the West Of England. 🟩
It’s gonna be a tight one, but with YOUR HELP we can do this!
Credit: John Darvall, BBC
🟩 Vote Mary Page to be the first ever GREEN MAYOR for the West Of England. 🟩
It’s gonna be a tight one, but with YOUR HELP we can do this!
Credit: John Darvall, BBC
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A movement of movements for Bristol event on 17th April 2025. Can we co-ordinate our activities so that the many local and particular forms of activism can become a rising tide of change which is impossible to ignore? Tickets below.
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/prs...
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/prs...
A movement of movements for Bristol? at PRSC
Bristol is a city full of energy and vibrant alternative initiatives, but they don’t always connect well together. The idea of a ‘movement of movements’ suggests that organizing might to scale out and...
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
A movement of movements for Bristol event on 17th April 2025. Can we co-ordinate our activities so that the many local and particular forms of activism can become a rising tide of change which is impossible to ignore? Tickets below.
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/prs...
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/prs...
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In this episode of our #TransformingBusinessPodcast series with Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes, author of 'Stinking Rich', explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray #Billionaires as a ‘force for good’.
@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @profmartinp.bsky.social
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@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @profmartinp.bsky.social
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April 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In this episode of our #TransformingBusinessPodcast series with Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes, author of 'Stinking Rich', explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray #Billionaires as a ‘force for good’.
@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @profmartinp.bsky.social
🎧➡️ buff.ly/i2cqmt1
@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @profmartinp.bsky.social
🎧➡️ buff.ly/i2cqmt1
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In this episode of our #TransformingBusinessPodcast series with Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes, author of 'Stinking Rich', explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray #Billionaires as a ‘force for good’.
@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @profmartinp.bsky.social
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@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @profmartinp.bsky.social
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PODCAST: The myth of the heroic billionaire - Transforming Society
In this episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray billionaires as a ‘force for good’.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In this episode of our #TransformingBusinessPodcast series with Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes, author of 'Stinking Rich', explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray #Billionaires as a ‘force for good’.
@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @profmartinp.bsky.social
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@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @profmartinp.bsky.social
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In the first episode of our #TransformingBusinessPodcast series with Martin Parker, Jane Holgate and John Page, authors of 'Changemakers', discuss the power of #Activism and challenge the belief that change is impossible
@profmartinp.bsky.social
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@profmartinp.bsky.social
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PODCAST: Changemaking and radical hope in times of crisis - Transforming Society
Everybody wants to change the world, but can we actually make a difference? In the first episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with Martin Parker, Jane Holgate and John Page, authors of…
buff.ly
April 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In the first episode of our #TransformingBusinessPodcast series with Martin Parker, Jane Holgate and John Page, authors of 'Changemakers', discuss the power of #Activism and challenge the belief that change is impossible
@profmartinp.bsky.social
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@profmartinp.bsky.social
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Why do business schools ignore coops? A paper that was rejected from AMLE, JMS and BJM, but taken up by the excellent Management Learning.
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April 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Why do business schools ignore coops? A paper that was rejected from AMLE, JMS and BJM, but taken up by the excellent Management Learning.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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insightful and inspiring blog by @profmartinp.bsky.social - never give up
@profmartinp.bsky.social hoped the #Pandemic might spark lasting change, but entrenched power and economic interests drove a return to business as usual, revealing that real progress demands active, sustained effort: buff.ly/YUnwDJg
Why didn’t we build back better? - Transforming Society
Martin Parker, editor of 'Life After COVID-19', hoped the pandemic might spark lasting change, but entrenched power and economic interests drove a return to business as usual, revealing that real…
www.transformingsociety.co.uk
March 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
insightful and inspiring blog by @profmartinp.bsky.social - never give up
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@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray #Billionaires as a ‘force for good’ in this episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with @profmartinp.bsky.social: buff.ly/Ntre0kK
PODCAST: The myth of the heroic billionaire - Transforming Society
In this episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray billionaires as a ‘force for good’.
www.transformingsociety.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray #Billionaires as a ‘force for good’ in this episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with @profmartinp.bsky.social: buff.ly/Ntre0kK
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@profmartinp.bsky.social hoped the #Pandemic might spark lasting change, but entrenched power and economic interests drove a return to business as usual, revealing that real progress demands active, sustained effort: buff.ly/YUnwDJg
Why didn’t we build back better? - Transforming Society
Martin Parker, editor of 'Life After COVID-19', hoped the pandemic might spark lasting change, but entrenched power and economic interests drove a return to business as usual, revealing that real…
www.transformingsociety.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
@profmartinp.bsky.social hoped the #Pandemic might spark lasting change, but entrenched power and economic interests drove a return to business as usual, revealing that real progress demands active, sustained effort: buff.ly/YUnwDJg
Reposted by Martin Parker
In the first episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with @profmartinp.bsky.social, Jane Holgate and John Page discuss the power of #Activism and challenge the belief that change is impossible: buff.ly/2OTUVxn
PODCAST: Changemaking and radical hope in times of crisis - Transforming Society
Everybody wants to change the world, but can we actually make a difference? In the first episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with Martin Parker, Jane Holgate and John Page, authors of…
www.transformingsociety.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In the first episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with @profmartinp.bsky.social, Jane Holgate and John Page discuss the power of #Activism and challenge the belief that change is impossible: buff.ly/2OTUVxn
A fascinating conversation about social change and activism. Do have a listen.
In the first episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with @profmartinp.bsky.social, Jane Holgate and John Page discuss the power of #Activism and challenge the belief that change is impossible: buff.ly/2OTUVxn
PODCAST: Changemaking and radical hope in times of crisis - Transforming Society
Everybody wants to change the world, but can we actually make a difference? In the first episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with Martin Parker, Jane Holgate and John Page, authors of…
www.transformingsociety.co.uk
March 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
A fascinating conversation about social change and activism. Do have a listen.
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Please repost - I'm not sure how much coverage this is getting in the US media
#TeslaTakedown
#Swasticars
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#TeslaTakedown
#Swasticars
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Eggings, swastikas and dog poop: Tesla bears brunt of people’s ire against Musk
In response to the billionaire’s scorched-earth raids on US government agencies, Tesla chargers and showrooms are being targeted
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Please repost - I'm not sure how much coverage this is getting in the US media
#TeslaTakedown
#Swasticars
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#TeslaTakedown
#Swasticars
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
In 2018, I wrote a piece that annoyed Musk fanboys. I'd like to carry on annoying them.
theconversation.com/we-dont-need...
theconversation.com/we-dont-need...
We don’t need Elon Musk for an innovative tech industry
Our ‘Tony Stark’ image of tech moguls is obscuring the talent and toil of ordinary workers, and inflating the egos of the bosses.
theconversation.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In 2018, I wrote a piece that annoyed Musk fanboys. I'd like to carry on annoying them.
theconversation.com/we-dont-need...
theconversation.com/we-dont-need...
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@profmartinp.bsky.social Here's one for you and all other excellent critics of the crap taught in #BusinessSchools
sherwood.news/business/job...
sherwood.news/business/job...
The job market is tough for new graduates — even if you dropped $200,000 on an elite MBA
Top MBAs are struggling to land jobs; some are trying their hand at entrepreneurship instead....
sherwood.news
February 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
@profmartinp.bsky.social Here's one for you and all other excellent critics of the crap taught in #BusinessSchools
sherwood.news/business/job...
sherwood.news/business/job...