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Developing Creative Confidence With Practice

February 20, 2021February 24, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 108 Views 0 Comments Albert Bandura, behaviour change, creative confidence, creativity, Cynefin Framework, design thinking, futures, innovation, psychology, self-efficacy

The means to developing the ability to create useful, valued products and service comes from learning through doing. What is

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A Conspiracy Theory

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 164 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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A Different Kind of Herd Mentality

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 279 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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Designing For Path Dependency: The Case of Mental Health

January 10, 2021January 8, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 300 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.

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The Power in Persistence

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 381 Views 5 Comments angela duckworth, evaluation, grit, innovation, measurement, motivation, persistence, psychology

While conclusions draw our attention, it’s the persistence of effort that comes before which are the real cause for celebration

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Tripwires and Cascades

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 543 Views cascade, evaluation, greg satell, innovation, systems thinking

Understanding what a tripwire is and the cascade of behaviours that come from it are keys to linking causes and effects and evaluating change dynamics.