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The Glue of Behaviour Change

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 535 Viewsbeauty, behaviour change, design, innovation, podcast, psychology

Change-making is not a singular thing, rather it is viewed more as an index. That means that the more of

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Environmental Effects and Change-Making

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 384 Viewsbeauty, behaviour change, built environment, design, design thinking, environment, healthcare, hospitals, innovation, organizational aesthetics, podcast, Steven De Groot

There are reasons people read or scroll through content on beautiful places and spaces; it inspires us to create. Our

Culture Transitions and Transformations

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 384 Viewsbeauty, behaviour change, change, change leadership, complexity, culture, design, evaluation, health, health promotion, innovation, organizational change, organizational learning, psychology

It’s been said by (maybe) Peter Drucker and (definitely) the Internet that culture eats strategy for breakfast. This quote’s truth

Design for Human Spaces

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 879 Viewsbeauty, design, design thinking, innovation, learning, organizational aesthetics, psychology, wellbeing

Our environment shapes our individual and collective behaviour so designing how it functions matters a lot. Behavioural science has a

Design Thinking’s Triple-B Future

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1352 Viewsbeauty, covid-19, design thinking, education, evaluation, innovation, leadership, organizational aesthetics, Steven De Groot, training

Design Thinking is not only a means to innovate, but as a means to heal and grow. After a year that by most people’s standards was ugly beyond any others in recent memory, our need for beauty, sustainable and responsible businesses, supportive communities, and viable, service-forward industries needs this.

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Space, Place, & Creativity

July 21, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1105 Viewsbeauty, design, design thinking, innovation, organizational aesthetics, organizational design, Steven De Groot, workspace

The way we design our spaces and think about them shape what happens in them. We look at four ideas for how to innovate better in space.

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Beautiful Innovation

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1054 Viewsaesthetics, beauty, book, covid-19, design, design thinking, discovery, health evidence, healthcare, hospitals, innovation, integrative thinking, organizational aesthetics, Steven De Groot

Aesthetics and beauty are often dismissed, but they can be enormous catalysts and supports for innovation.

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Getting Out of Our Heads

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1620 Viewsart, beauty, behaviour change, cognition, cognitive science, H.L. Mencken, health behaviour change, health psychology, John Wenger, Leonardo da Vinci, organizational aesthetics, psychology, sociodrama, strategic foresight, strategy, theory

Too much change psychology focuses on the way we think. Sometimes creating change requires we get out of our heads.

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Exploding goals and their myths

July 20, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 1055 Viewsbeauty, behaviour change, design, goals, health behaviour change, organizational change, organizational psychology, organizations, psychology, science, self-determination theory, social science

Goal-directed language guides much of our social policy, investment and quests for innovation without much thought of what that means

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A Beautiful Idea

April 10, 2017April 10, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 1439 Viewsattention, attractor, beauty, behaviour change, book, complexity, creativity, creators, design, emergence, organizational aesthetics, organizational psychology, path dependence, research, Steven De Groot

Is what you do, where you work, or how you organize, beautiful? Among the many words used to describe our

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