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Conferencing the Pandemic, Part 5: Take-Away Lessons

November 23, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 254 Views 0 Comments cense academy, conference, education, learning, network theory, video

Learning lessons for collaboration and networking online conferences.

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Knowing the Race Your Running

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 456 Views finite game, infinite game, mindset, resilience, self-care, Simon Sinek

To run a long-haul race with no visible end means to care for yourself and know that is the race you are running.

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Mistaken Expertise

September 3, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 303 Views change leadership, coaching, covid-19, evaluation, leadership, public health

When we confuse expertise in one thing with another we risk distrusting experts altogether and losing what they bring. An

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Doing Nothing: An Innovation Paradox

July 14, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 605 Views chaos, complexity, decision making, design, innovation, Michael Quinn Patton, principles, principles-focused evaluation, strategy, systems, systems thinking, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, transformation

Strategy in chaos is like whitewater rafting — it needs stillness among the motion. Sometimes the best transformation and boldest action is doing nothing.

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Shifting Your Innovation Goals & Goalposts

July 10, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 960 Views Geoff Wilson, goal setting, goals, ideas, innovation, leadership, MyFortay, psychology, Simon Sinek, video

What if the best way to accomplish a goal was to not have one or to keep it changing? That’s

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Leadership Skills for Complex Times

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 541 Views complexity, design thinking, jennifer garvey berger, language, leadership, psychology, Randall K. Stutman, systems thinking

Leadership through complexity requires strategies that match our situation: they are flexible, diverse, and creative. “He had a tremendous propensity

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An Organizing Framework for Innovation

September 10, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1072 Views culture of innovation, design, design thinking, developmental design, developmental evaluation, innovation, innovation ecosystem, strategic foresight, strategy, systems thinking

Innovation requires the right organizing, not just skill and vision. This article explores what that means in practice.

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Strategy: Myths, fantasies, and reality

August 7, 2018August 15, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 684 Views adaptive strategy, business, complexity, organizations, strategic intent, strategy

A defining feature of sustained excellence in any enterprise is a good strategy — a vision and plan linked to

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How do we sit with time?

May 16, 2018August 15, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 816 Views behaviour change, design, developmental design, developmental evaluation, knowledge translation, learning, organizational development, psychology, time

Organizational transformation efforts from culture change to developmental evaluation all depend on one ingredient that is rarely discussed: time. How

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