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Tripwires and Cascades

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 177 Views 0 Comments cascade, evaluation, greg satell, innovation, systems thinking

Understanding what a tripwire is and the cascade of behaviours that come from it are keys to linking causes and effects and evaluating change dynamics.

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Five Hundred

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1028 Views 2 Comments design, design thinking, education, learning, psychology, self-care

Lessons learned from more than a decade of publishing Censemaking.

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Incubation and Echoes

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 296 Views 0 Comments cognitive science, complexity, covid-19, design thinking, Liz Weaver, psychology, sensemaking, sketch map, strategic design, systemic design, systems thinking, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, The RSA, toolkit, visual thinking

Systems change requires the kind of tools and mindset shifts that can move how and what we see to act better. We profile various strategies to help you do that.

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Systems of Influence: The Hidden Forces Shaping What We Do

July 30, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 730 Views 2 Comments architecture, behaviour change, covid-19, design, health, motivation, psychology, systemic design, systems thinking, urbanism

Staying safe is about understanding systems that affect our choices, not just individuals. We need to design systems better if we want real change to take place.

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Doing Nothing: An Innovation Paradox

July 14, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 518 Views chaos, complexity, decision making, design, innovation, Michael Quinn Patton, principles, principles-focused evaluation, strategy, systems, systems thinking, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, transformation

Strategy in chaos is like whitewater rafting — it needs stillness among the motion. Sometimes the best transformation and boldest action is doing nothing.

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An Opportunity for Systemic Design

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 882 Views complexity, covid-19, Cynefin Framework, scale, systemic design, systems change, toolkit

When systems are changing everywhere the opportunities to direct some of that change to design the world we want has

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Systems Thinking About Time and Motion

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 640 Views complexity, covid-19, Cynefin Framework, design-driven evaluation, design-driven-strategy, developmental evaluation, principles-focused evaluation, public health, time

In changing times its important to recognize both the words change and time if we want to understand systems. On

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Systems Thinking About Action: Complexity

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1000 Views complexity, complexity science, coordination, covid-19, Cynefin Framework, Dave Snowden, evaluation, learning, outbreak, pandemic, public health, Toronto Public Health, World Health Organization

The global pandemic situation has provided us with a lesson in complexity by giving us much to see, learn, and

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Systems Thinking About Preparedness and Scaredness

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1136 Views covid-19, healthcare, public health, stock and flow, system dynamics

Events like the COVID-19 pandemic provide us with examples of how to think about systems and why, when, and how

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Here to There: Navigating Through the Unknown

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 770 Views change, developmental design, developmental evaluation, innovation, learning, mental models, principle-focused evaluation, social change, systems thinking, visionary evaluation

VIsionary evaluation is about putting data to our principles and actions and seeing where we’ve come from and where we’re going at the same time. This article explores what it is and what we need to do.

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