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The Fear and Folly of Data

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 132 Views 0 Comments design, evaluation, innovation, learning, public health, sensemaking, strategic design, strategy

Data-driven strategy and decision-making are only as good as the processes we have to gather, synthesize and use to inform

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Climate Design For A World on Fire: Part 1

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 167 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate crisis, complexity, design for humans, evaluation, learning, Seth Godin, systems thinking, W. Edwards Deming

This week, the world is noticing what happens when we ignore climate change. The alarms are (literally) ringing, and designers

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System and Network Design

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 201 Views 1 Comment Canada, communications, complexity, design, network, systems thinking

Canada was recently taught a valuable lesson about networks and systems fundamentals when it lost nearly 1/3 of its telecom

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Living Our Future Selves Today With Foresight

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 276 Views 0 Comments Amy cuddy, climate change, climate crisis, culture of well-being, design, design thinking, foresight methods, futures, james donison, psychology, research, strategic foresight, well-being

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

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The Design of Well-Being in Practice

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 302 Views 1 Comment complexity, culture of well-being, design, design for emergence, design for humans, design thinking, learning, organizational development, organizational learning, psychology, public health, well-being

In this final series on designing for well-being, we look at the application of a design framework to achieving the

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Framing Design for Well-Being

June 6, 2022June 7, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 295 Views 0 Comments design, design thinking, health, health promotion, public health, well-being, wellbeing

Design frameworks allow us to frame issues like well-being and focus our efforts in the directions to help create spaces to foster it.

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Five-Factors of Work Well-Being

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 367 Views 2 Comments culture of well-being, energy, engagement, healing, health, health promotion, organizational healing, organizational psychology, psychology, well-being

Promote and nurture well-being at work with five factors built into the design of your operations and your organizational culture.

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Design’s Inspiring Possibility

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 322 ViewsBruce Mau, design, design education, design thinking, education, innovation, inspiration

A new documentary profiles the life and perspective of Bruce Mau, a designer who had contributed more to my passion

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Putting Foresight in its Place

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 286 Viewsdesign, evaluation, innovation, strategic foresight, strategy

Foresight can be an enormously powerful vehicle for shaping strategy and nurturing innovative thinking if used properly. The problem is

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Organizational Cultures of Well-Being

May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 382 Viewscomplexity, 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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