There are calls for innovative perspectives that promote human welfare in the field of management studies. However, these calls tend to prioritize human welfare over nature and technology. In this paper, as an alternative, we propose the post-humanist approach to innovation, which offers to consider the excessive resource consumption, the misuse of technology, the global warming, the loss of biodiversity and the extinction of species, which are exacerbated with the global human population exceeding seven billion. By going beyond human-centred innovation, this paper considers the relationship between nature, humans and technology with a post-humanist understanding and attaches importance to the coexistence paradigm. Post-humanist innovation that decentred human interests may make the exploitation of all life forms, nature and technology visible and help develop the precautions to prevent such exploitation. We discuss the scope of post-humanist innovation and its possible transformative effects on management approaches. We demonstrate the need for post-humanist innovation by examining the gig economy, a growing industry which is driven by artificial intelligence (AI) led innovation. To this end, we bring our focus closer to the AI led courier delivery industry, and problematise the exploitation that was observed in the sector during the Covid-19 pandemic. Exploring how the gig economy promotes an imbalanced relationship between human beings, nature, and technology, we propose values and pathways for effective transition from technology-oriented innovation to post-humanist innovation.

Author Name: Mustafa OZBILGIN , Cihat ERBIL

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Keywords: post-humanism, post-humanist innovation, trans-humanism, gig economy, courier delivery industry

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EISSN: 2718-1081

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