(Compare and contrast with The 5 stages of Innovation)
Advocate

• You say things like “We could use this innovation in our projects.”
• You actively subscribe to a bunch of blogs and email lists about the innovation

Cheerleader

• You start to look for jobs where you will be able to use the innovation
• You wince every time someone talks positively about the “old way”
• Your significant other complains because you are spending all your money on books and conferences

Troll

• You deliberately pick fights and post provocative articles and comments
• You actively refuse to work on projects that use the “old way”
• You grow more and more convinced that there is an active conspiracy against the innovation. The phrase “Fat Cats” starts to creep into your rants.
• Overlooking all of thier odious personality flaws, you develop or join a circle of like-minded companions.

Misanthrope

• Together with your like-minded companions, you create private discussion areas, so you can avoid all the “negative vibes”
• You begin to turn on other advocates, especially when they deviate from the “one true path” in any way. You use the label “Sellout” with gleeful abandon.
• People stop inviting you to neighborhood parties, because you keep getting into fights.

Bitter

• Having alienated just about everyone you know, you feel a crushing loneliness of despair and nostalgia
• You say things like “We didn’t lose faith. The world did.” to your few remaining true-believer friends
• You are filled with revulsion every time you hear about your favorite innovation.
• Eventually you quit the technology game and join a commune.