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Capturing System Effects

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 292 Views 0 Comments art, design, evaluation, impact, measurement, psychiatry, Think You Can Shrink, Thomas Ungar

We can learn about effects — what is generated from our services and products – by studying a banana stuck to a wall. Here’s how. #evaluation #ideas #innovation

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Better Systems Thinking

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 435 Views 0 Comments Bob Williams, evaluation, public health, systems change, systems evaluation, systems thinking, tobacco control, toolkit

Systems thinking is essential for managing complexity – if done well. These guides for systems theory, practice, and evaluation can

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Talking About Mental Health at Work

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 781 Views health, health promotion, mental health, podcast, wellbeing, workplace

Our mental health and well-being affect our work above everything. Taking care of ourselves is not an option; it’s essential.

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Team Work and Care

October 4, 2019October 2, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 347 Views anxiety, censemaking, mental health, performance, team, workplace

Teams are complicated beasts and require special care and attention. New research shows how to care for teams and ourselves.

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Learning: Bites, Snacks, and Meals

September 4, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 426 Views Chris Brogan, communications, education, knowledge translation, learning, media, publishing, social media, teaching, technology

Media communications is trending toward generating content in small forms. What does small ‘snackable’ content mean for learning big things?

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Genetic engineering for your brand

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 Cameron D. Norman 324 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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You Want It Darker?

November 11, 2016November 11, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 522 Views Brexit, complexity theory, David Souter, Donald Trump, economics, evaluation, H.L. Mencken, politics, program planning, science, systems thinking, United Kingdom, United States

It is poetic irony on many levels that weeks after Leonard Cohen releases his album about the threat of death

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When More is Less: The Information Paradox

September 22, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 421 Views Barry Schwartz, Bill Nye, complexity, decision making, design, health systems, healthcare, information technology, Louis C.K., mobile phones, patient engagement, psychology, science, sensemaking, systems thinking, Tony Schwartz

There is a point at which information ceases to increase knowledge and understand and begins to undermine it, creating a

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Confusing change-making with actual change

May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 216 Views complexity, design, developmental evaluation, discovery, evaluation, health, innovation, New York Times, obesity, psychology, research, social change, social innovation, systems thinking

Change-making is the process of transformation and not to be confused with the transformed outcome that results from such a

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