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Month: April 2021

design innovation 

The Creativity Subscription

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 641 Viewsbusines model, creativity, creators, innovation, lock-in, path dependence, tools

Subscription models are changing the way we think about products, services, and the creativity and tools that shape them. Two

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design systems thinking 

The Memory of Systems

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 685 Viewscense, complexity, decision making, design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, Living History, path dependence, reflective practice, systems change, systems thinking, W. Edwards Deming

Systems change is so difficult because is the link between the past, present and future is tight and often invisible.

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innovation psychology 

Emotional Honesty in Designing Change

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 567 Viewsaction, attention, behaviour change, climate change, earth day, emotion, emotional baggage, environment, honesty, hope, mindfulness, organizational psychology, psychological safety, psychology

Innovation is emotional work and it’s time to connect our feelings and thoughts to fuel our change efforts and actions.

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design education & learning innovation 

Design Publics

April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 568 Viewsaccessibility, Anthropocene, climate change, craft, design, design education, design literacy, design methods, design thinking, evaluation, futures, George Miller, innovation, psychology

Design is far too important not to be shared and made as accessible as possible as our future literally depends

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innovation 

Innovation for the Real World

April 15, 2021October 4, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 591 Viewschange, complexity, Cynefin Framework, data, design, innovation, organizational psychology, perspective taking, psychological safety, psychology, systems perspective, systems thinking

Why does most of what we read about innovation resemble very little of what our work life actually looks like?

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design innovation psychology 

Design Psychology and Innovation Fears

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 593 Viewscraft, creativity, design, design psychology, fear, innovation, innovation ecosystem, Lee Vinsel, maintainer, psychology

Innovation means trying new things and that involves overcoming fear by and through design efforts Of the many barriers to

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psychology 

Leadership and Transition

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 526 Viewschange, design, design leadership, leadership, psychology, transition

At a time when change seems pervasive leading teams through transitions has never been more important Developmental psychology has many

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systems thinking 

Entangled Knots and Complexity

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 1071 Viewscomplexity, complexity theory, covid-19, evaluation, systems thinking

The idea of entanglements is central to understanding complexity in systems and the knots that they generate The idea of

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innovation 

Disruption and Stability

April 7, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 460 Viewsbrainstorming, design, innovation, psychology, work, workplace

How to design when we are massively disrupted and still left with this persistent feeling of sameness? Contrast captures our

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design systems thinking 

Knotted-Up Systems Design

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 758 Viewsdesign thinking, scale, social innovation, systemic design

The design opportunities for a post-pandemic world require untangling many knots in our systems. With so much of the world

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Living Our Future Selves Today With Foresight
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Living Our Future Selves Today With Foresight

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 0 Comments

Strategic Foresight can do more than help us to see what might come, it can help us to live better

The Design of Well-Being in Practice
design health 

The Design of Well-Being in Practice

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 2 Comments
Framing Design for Well-Being
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Framing Design for Well-Being

June 6, 2022June 7, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 0 Comments
Design’s Inspiring Possibility
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Design’s Inspiring Possibility

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