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Strangling Innovation

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 568 Views behavioural economics, design, ecosystem, marketing, Rory Sutherland, service design

Not even the best innovation team can escape bad systems. Without looking at your systems, innovation might just get suffocated.

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Failure and Learning

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 559 Views complexity, evaluation, innovation, learning, measurement, net promoter score, research

Failure deals in absolutes while learning is about discovering possibility. Focusing on the former often leads us to miss the

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Presenting Tips for the Anxious Innovator

October 8, 2019October 2, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 599 Views anxiety, communication, knowledge translation, positive psychology, presentation, psychology, tools

The opportunity to teach is a chance to influence others. Here’s some tips and tricks to make that moment better.

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An Organizing Framework for Innovation

September 10, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 691 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 428 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 535 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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Genetic engineering for your brand

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 Cameron D. Norman 584 Views addiction, behaviour change, brand, business, business model, DNA, emotion, emotional baggage, epigenetics, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, marketing, organizational psychology, psychology, system dynamics, systems science

DNA doesn’t predetermine our future as biological beings, but it does powerfully influence it. Some have applied the concept of ‘DNA’

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The logic of a $1000 iPhone

September 12, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 499 Views Apple, foresight, handset, iPhone, social media, society, technology, trends

Today Apple is expected to release a new series of iPhone handsets with the base price for one set at

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A mindset for developmental evaluation

September 7, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 623 Views child rearing, children, complexity, design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, mindset, program evaluation, psychology, strategy

Developmental evaluation requires different ways of thinking about programs, people, contexts and the data that comes from all three. Without

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