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Systems Thinking About Time and Motion

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 165 Views 0 Comments complexity, covid-19, Cynefin Framework, design-driven evaluation, design-driven-strategy, developmental evaluation, principles-focused evaluation, public health, time

In changing times its important to recognize both the words change and time if we want to understand systems. On

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Systems Thinking and Networks

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 165 Views 0 Comments complexity, covid-19, design, network theory, public health, social networks, systems thinking

The most visible systems lesson from virus spreads are related to networks if we know how to see them. In

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Systems Thinking About Action: Complexity

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 262 Views 0 Comments complexity, complexity science, coordination, covid-19, Cynefin Framework, Dave Snowden, evaluation, learning, outbreak, pandemic, public health, Toronto Public Health, World Health Organization

The global pandemic situation has provided us with a lesson in complexity by giving us much to see, learn, and

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Systems Thinking About Preparedness and Scaredness

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 464 Views 0 Comments covid-19, healthcare, public health, stock and flow, system dynamics

Events like the COVID-19 pandemic provide us with examples of how to think about systems and why, when, and how

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Design for Chaos

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 338 Views 0 Comments adaptation, chaos, complexity, design, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, movement, principles, principles-focused evaluation, systems thinking

Massive change often prompts fear, confusion, and a sense of chaos. How we manage and mitigate this is all about

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The Complexity Cop-out

March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 253 Views 0 Comments Alberta, complex adaptive systems, complexity, complexity science, education, emergence, homelessness, learning, Medicine Hat

Complexity introduces significant challenges for humans. One of the unexpected ones is that it’s been used to hide from difficult

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Here to There: Navigating Through the Unknown

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 501 Views 0 Comments change, developmental design, developmental evaluation, innovation, learning, mental models, principle-focused evaluation, social change, systems thinking, visionary evaluation

VIsionary evaluation is about putting data to our principles and actions and seeing where we’ve come from and where we’re going at the same time. This article explores what it is and what we need to do.

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Seeing the Unknown

February 11, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 443 Views 0 Comments environment, evaluation, foresight, futures, innovation, strategy, sustainability, visionary evaluation

We prepare for what we know and see. To address the challenges of the future, we need to imagine things

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Change and Trust

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1113 Views 2 Comments behaviour change, behavioural science, community psychology, design, habit, minimum viable product, neuroscience, psychology, social change, social innovation, social media, social psychology

Big change might come from small actions and the trust-building that comes from making those actions visible. Here’s how to make a big difference as one person.