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behaviour change psychology science & technology 

Conflicted Interests

July 12, 2019July 13, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 287 Views 0 Comments behaviour change, creativity, discovery, innovation, learning, psychology, rationality, Robert Scott Root-Bernstein, science, theory

Shifting outcomes requires shifts in our thinking about what works The science journal Nature recently published a thought piece looking

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business innovation psychology science & technology social systems 

The logic of a $1000 iPhone

September 12, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 111 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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design thinking psychology science & technology social systems 

The Disconnected Human

September 27, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 165 Views addiction, cognitive psychology, complexity, cortisol, Covent Garden Market, design, empathy, London, Louis C.K., mental health, psychology, social psychology, stress, technology

In this mini-series we look at the phenomenon of paradox and some of the prominent ones in our social world.

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complexity journalism science & technology social systems 

Our Paradoxical Age

September 19, 2016September 19, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 653 Views Carl Jung, climate change, Donald Trump, environmental health, journalism, Marshall McLuhan, mental health, Nicholas Carr, paradox, Pokemon Go, politics, social experiments, technology

If there was a word we could use to define the current times, paradox would certainly have to be a

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complexity journalism science & technology social media 

The more we get together

June 18, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 63 Views complexity, diversity, Donald Trump, England, Ethan Zuckerman, journalism, Marshall McLuhan, media, media ecology, Nicholas Carr, Robin Dunbar, social networks, technology, United Kingdom, United States

As we forge ever-greater connections online to each other and the world of ideas the thinking was that we would

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science & technology social innovation social systems 

Social innovation, social inclusion

August 27, 2015August 28, 2015 Cameron D. Norman 86 Views Apple, culture, design, Facebook, gender, innovation, Silicon Valley, social innovation, social media

Social innovation is about bringing new ideas, products and services out into society with others for social benefit and improving

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journalism knowledge translation public health science & technology 

The Power, Peril and Promise of Health Journalism

February 14, 2015 Cameron D. Norman 85 Views anti-vaccination, Ben Goldacre, CBC Radio, Gardasil HPV vaccine, health reporting, journalism, Julia Belluz, knowledge translation, media ecology, medical evidence, medicine, newspapers, public health, science, the fourth estate, The Guardian, Toronto Star, vaccines

The Toronto Star, Canada’s most widely read newspaper known for its investigative reporting gifted anti-vaccination audiences armament by using poor

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art & design complexity journalism science & technology systems science 

300: Crises in Complexity, Opportunities in Design

August 31, 2013August 31, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 64 Views architecture, blogging, complexity, design, design for emergence, developmental design, developmental evaluation, emergence, Globe and Mail, Hannah Montana, maker culture, making-meaning, media, Miley Cyrus, Monocle, MTV Music Video Awards, music, Nautilus Magazine, newspapers, policy, Robin Thicke, science, social media, The Alpine Review, Vi Hart, weak signals, wicked problem

In 2009 Censemaking was launched as a platform to explore issues in complexity and ways we can make sense of

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business complexity design thinking evaluation innovation science & technology 

Developmental Design and The Innovator’s Mindset

August 16, 2013August 16, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 90 Views adaptation, Android, anthropology, Apple, attractor, Blackberry, complexity, design thinking, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, Globe and Mail, Google, innovation, Instagram, iPad, iPhone, iPod, leadership, mobile phones, multimedia, observation, photography, resilience, Samsung, Steve Jobs, strategy, systems thinking, technology, video, Vine

Blackberry, once the ‘must have’ device is no longer so and may no longer even exist. Looking back on how

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education & learning evaluation innovation science & technology systems thinking 

The Knowledge Metric in Education

January 9, 2013January 10, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 179 Views design, education, educational design, evaluation, higher education, journalism, knowledge integration, knowledge translation, learning, professional education, social innovation, teaching, universities, university

Higher education is asking itself some big questions and making substantive changes to the way it sees itself and produces

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