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Transparency and Honesty Aren’t the Same

January 22, 2021January 21, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 95 Views 0 Comments creativity, human services, innovation, organizational development, organizational learning, transparency

Transparency without honesty is a way to create illusions under the guise of trust, truth and accountability. Work in human

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A Conspiracy Theory

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 77 Views 0 Comments behaviour change, community, community psychology, conspiracy theory, fake news, gaming, jane mcgonigal, psychology, self-determination theory

Looking at the extremes in others’ beliefs and habits can help illuminate how we come to believe and act, too.

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Innovation Patterns and History Lessons

January 19, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 130 Views 0 Comments Black Lives Matter, civil rights, communication, covid-19, design, history, innovation, martin luther king jr, pattern language, social innovation, social justice, women's issues

Those looking to history to shape our future innovations should be wary of the conclusions they draw. Remember the Roaring

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A Different Kind of Herd Mentality

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 144 Views 1 Comment behavioural science, complexity, design, research, research methods

Principles of movement, speed, and position can render our traditional sensemaking approaches useless if we’re not careful. Think of the

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Doing Our Homework on our Research

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 140 Views 1 Comment covid-19, design research, research, service design

Checking our assumptions about basic things could be the difference between design delight and doom. If you were to tell

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Designing For Path Dependency: The Case of Mental Health

January 10, 2021January 8, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 182 Views 0 Comments complexity, counselling, design, design thinking, mental health, path dependence, psychology, psychotherapy, service design

Path dependency is a concept in complexity science that refers to the way in which the past patterns influence current and future actions. Mindful attention to identifying these patterns and use of design thinking can help ensure that the past is not the present, unless we want it to be.