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Innovation: The Simple Definition

October 28, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 679 Views adaptation, circular economy, design, evaluation, healthcare, printing press, sustainability, value

Innovation definitions can sometimes create more confusion than clarity. Looking at what it is and does can change that. Innovation

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Failure and Learning

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 479 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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Evolutionary Innovation: How We Transform

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 510 Views biology, developmental design, evolutionary innovation, innovation, learning, transformation

Innovation is often portrayed as dramatic, disruptive processes and outcomes. That perception might be keeping us from making real transformations.

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What Does Developmental Evaluation Look Like?

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 411 Views developmental design, developmental evaluation, discovery, innovation, principle-focused evaluation

Developmental Evaluation is all about using data to support innovation. How does this look in practice (and how’s it done?)

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Tooling Up for Systemic Design & Learning

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 376 Views complexity, innovation, learning, organizational learning, systemic design, toolkit

Innovation work requires a mindset, a skillset, and a toolset. The key is finding the right tools for the job.

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Positivity, Flexibility, and Self-care

September 19, 2019September 18, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 349 Views innovation, performance, positive psychology, psychology, self-care, workplace

We can forget the needs of the people doing innovation. Looking after ourselves requires a new set of innovation skills.

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Innovation Psychology

September 17, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 316 Views censemaking, culture of innovation, innovation, innovation lab, mindset, organizational psychology, psychology

Highlights on innovation psychology inspired by the Censemaking Newsletter. Today we dive a little further into some of the headlines

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Design for Movement

September 16, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 351 Views behaviour change, change, complexity, evaluation, feedback, foresight, movement, systems dynamics

Innovation requires learning to design for the changes around us. This involves not treating moving things as if they’re still.

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Innovation to Your Inbox

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 391 Views communication, design, design thinking, evaluation, innovation, marketing, newsletter, organizational change, psychology, social media, strategic foresight, systems thinking

Of the many ways to reach people, email still works. Sometimes innovation is best doing new things with old tools.

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An Organizing Framework for Innovation

September 10, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 559 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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