Mindentity (2017, 2026)

In August 2017, Oliver Ding developed a 72-slide conceptual deck introducing Mindentity—a proposed organizational form for understanding talent ecosystems from a developmental–resource perspective.

After a period of dormancy from 2018 to 2025, the concept was re-engaged in January 2026 and strategically integrated into the Anticipatory Cultural Sociology (ACS) framework, specifically within the “Culture as Thematic Enterprise” model.

This thematic collection exemplifies the “Revisiting–Rebuilding” technique: a creative–cognitive heuristic for re-entering earlier conceptual work, re-situating it within an evolved theoretical ecology, and reconstructing its contemporary meaning and function.

What you’ll find inside

Conceptual Deck (Chinese)

#1 - Mindentity: The Development — Resource Perspective to Talent Ecosystem (Oliver Ding, 2017) — 72-slide conceptual deck

Private Communication (Chinese)

#2 - A Thematic Conversation on Mindentity (Oliver Ding and Neo, 2018) — Chinese

Articles (English)

#3 - Mindentity: The Ontology of Thematic Creation (Oliver Ding, 2026)

#4 - Revisiting and Rebuilding: The Mindentity Concept (2017, 2026) (Oliver Ding, 2026)

#5 - The “Culture as Thematic Enterprise” Framework (Oliver Ding, 2025)

#6 - The Landscape of Anticipatory Cultural Sociology (Oliver Ding, 2026)

Tip: You can upload the original Chinese files to an AI tool and explore them through conversation, allowing you to dive deeper into the concepts and details at your own pace.