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Innovation Patterns and History Lessons

January 19, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 489 Views Black Lives Matter, civil rights, communication, covid-19, design, history, innovation, martin luther king jr, pattern language, social innovation, social justice, women's issues

Those looking to history to shape our future innovations should be wary of the conclusions they draw. Remember the Roaring

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Amplification and Impact

December 5, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 811 Views 5G technology, AI, business, change, communication, complexity, data, design, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, feedback, innovation, learning, marketing, marketing complexity, mobile phones, Pareto distribution, Peloton, sensemaking, social media, technology, transformation

Transformations are easier to understand retrospectively, not in real time. New technologies are about to upend that, forever. It is

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Presenting Tips for the Anxious Innovator

October 8, 2019October 2, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 774 Views anxiety, communication, knowledge translation, positive psychology, presentation, psychology, tools

The opportunity to teach is a chance to influence others. Here’s some tips and tricks to make that moment better.

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Innovation to Your Inbox

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 691 Views communication, design, design thinking, evaluation, innovation, marketing, newsletter, organizational change, psychology, social media, strategic foresight, systems thinking

Of the many ways to reach people, email still works. Sometimes innovation is best doing new things with old tools.

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The Ecology of Innovation: Part 2 – Language

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 Cameron D. Norman 820 Views cancer control, communication, health communication, health promotion, innovation, innovation ecology, knowledge exchange, knowledge integration, knowledge translation, mindfulness, organizational mindfulness, public health, research, sensemaking, social innovation

Although Innovation is about producing value through doing something new or different than before, the concept is far from simple

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Is Knowledge Translation In Health Too Important to Leave to Health Professionals?

April 24, 2013April 24, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 675 Views communication, health communication, health systems, journalism, knowledge exchange, knowledge integration, knowledge translation, librarians, social media, storytelling, teachers

Knowledge translation — and its affiliated terms knowledge exchange, knowledge integration and knowledge mobilization — was coined to describe a

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Too Much Social Media, Not Enough Social Message

July 30, 2012February 24, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 706 Views Cluetrain manifesto, communication, complexity, Edmund Snow Carpenter, emergence, Facebook, idea markets, knowledge integration, knowledge translation, learning, markets, Marshall McLuhan, media ecology, social media, Twitter, Web 2.0, YouTube

Social media is any networked information technology, tool or platform that derives its content and principal value from user engagement

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Knowledge Translation Lip (Sync) Service

September 29, 2011September 30, 2011 Cameron D. Norman 440 Views arts, cancer, communication, design, health communication, knowledge translation, social media, video, YouTube

For many, but certainly not all, of the studies we do in public and population health, the audience for this is almost the same. Not all studies or research projects will yield the kind of data that are video-worthy or inspire photosharing, but some are. And if we want the public engaged in science, if we want to reach practitioners and inspire policy makers and researchers alike to pay attention to the evidence being generated, this video might offer some suggestions for a way forward.

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Creating Campires For Innovation and Knowledge Translation

June 21, 2011June 21, 2011 Cameron D. Norman 730 Views campfire, collaboration, communication, complexity, design, intimacy, knowledge translation, meditation, storytelling

Metaphors and analogies are commonly used in systems thinking and complexity science to illustrate concepts that are, on their own, relatively complex and awkward to describe literally. A campfire provides both a metaphor for bringing people together, but also a literal tool that could be used more effectively in work with groups struggling to innovate, collaborate and contemplate together. From a design perspective, campfires and the social system that they create around them provide an opportunity to enhance intimacy quickly, allowing for the potential to explore issues in ways that are more difficult to do in other settings.

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