cognition Archives - Censemaking

Clickbait and Mistaken Beliefs: Change Strategies for Humans

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 44 Views 0 Comments behaviour change, cognition, complexity, decision making, emotion, marketing, perception, psychology, YouTube

Our sense certainty and our certainty about it can be one of our most hazardous beliefs. By adopting a critical

innovation psychology

Getting Out of Our Heads

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1174 Views art, 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.

education & learning

The Quality Metric in Education

January 15, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 1168 Views cognition, complex adaptive systems, complexity, education, educational design, evaluation, graduate education, innovation, knowledge translation, learning, metrics, psychology, Sir Ken Robinson, systems thinking, teaching, university

What is quality when we speak of learning? In this third post in series on education and evaluation metrics the issue

education & learning systems thinking

Can We Reduce Complexity?

May 20, 2010November 26, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 725 Views cognition, collaboration, complexity, creativity, psychology, social complexity, team science

I recently participated in a conference call looking to establish a conference on reducing complexity (and whether it can be done). The answer to that question is dependent upon answering whether we can create the necessary conditions to answer the question in the first place.

education & learning evaluation health psychology

Feeding the Right Beast: A Healthy Information Diet?

January 7, 2010December 30, 2011 Cameron D. Norman 689 Views behaviour change, cognition, decision making, food, health, information overload, mindfulness, neuroscience, psychology, science, social media, wellbeing

Many are focusing on food and health this January, but what about our information diets and cognitive health? The possible cost of consuming the wrong things and the need for mindful approaches to information are discussed.