Organizational phenomena are dogged by a paradox that originates
from the substance–process duality. Should we view phenomena
as substances or as processes? We propose that there is utility in
viewing them as both. Such a view, when applied to innovations and
organizations, highlights the interrelationship between the two. To
theorize about this interrelationship, we offer narratives of innovations
as intra-active boundary objects as a way to entertain the banality of
organizational innovations.

Keywords: Innovation, organization, process, substance–process duality, paradoxes, narratives