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Repairing Our Broken Assumptions About Change-Making

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 127 Views 1 Comment behaviour change, behavioural science, complexity, emergence, innovation, Margaret Wheatley, public health

Much of what we believe about behaviour change is based on myth, fallacies, and some poor science and yet these

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Organizational Cultures of Well-Being

May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 129 Views 1 Comment complexity, design, health, health promotion, innovation, organizational development, organizational learning, public health, wellbeing

Organizations large and small are starting to re-assemble back in offices and considering what kind of culture they want to

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Earth Day Psychology

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 435 Views 0 Comments behaviour change, climate change, climate crisis, earth day, environment, fresh start effect, Geoff Wilson, health, james donison, katy milkman, psychology, systems thinking

Earth Day provides us with an opportunity to reflect on our place on this planet. The planet needs action not

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The Glue of Behaviour Change

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 242 Views 0 Comments beauty, behaviour change, design, innovation, podcast, psychology

Change-making is not a singular thing, rather it is viewed more as an index. That means that the more of

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Organizational Healing

March 21, 2022April 1, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 289 Views 1 Comment healing, health, organizational healing, psychology, sensemaking, systems thinking, trauma

Re-opening and returning to some kind of post-COVID reality will require some healing. Where do we start? This post we

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Environmental Effects and Change-Making

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 244 Views 0 Comments beauty, behaviour change, built environment, design, design thinking, environment, healthcare, hospitals, innovation, organizational aesthetics, podcast, Steven De Groot

There are reasons people read or scroll through content on beautiful places and spaces; it inspires us to create. Our

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Rehabilitation, Recovery and Healing

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 366 Viewsadaptive strategy, complexity, healing, pandemic, strategy, systems thinking, wellbeing

The COVID-19 pandemic has touched everything in ways great and small. The mindset we bring to see, feel, and sense

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Tricks with Tips

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 259 Viewsbehavioural science, complexity, design, design thinking, designer, evaluation, innovation, learning, new years resolutions, psychology, strategy, toolkit

The proliferation of ‘tips and tricks’ for boosting change-making and innovation efforts obscures the craft and commitment that transformation requires.

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Great Expectations and Change-Making

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 305 Viewsbehaviour change, censemaking, evaluation, expectation, innovation, perception, placebo, podcast, psychology, research

What we see or choose to see has a profound effect on what we do and achieve. Choose wisely. The

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Resolutions Past, Present and Future

December 30, 2021December 30, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 313 Viewscomplexity, design, design for humans, mindfulness, new year's resolutions, planning, psychology, strategy, time

A year-end, a new calendar, or a change of seasons bring fresh starts and times of renewal and reflection. It’s

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Design’s Inspiring Possibility

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Systems Thinking Practice: Starting Out

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