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Change and Trust

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1284 Views behaviour change, behavioural science, community psychology, design, habit, minimum viable product, neuroscience, psychology, social change, social innovation, social media, social psychology

Big change might come from small actions and the trust-building that comes from making those actions visible. Here’s how to make a big difference as one person.

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Healing, by design

April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 341 Views community psychology, complexity, Cynefin Framework, design, developmental evaluation, emotional baggage, evaluation, healer, healing, Indigenous psychology, organizational development, psychology, psychotherapy, Richard Katz

The concept of healing plays an integral part of healthy human development in many cultures, yet is largely unknown or misunderstood in

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International Women’s Day, Every Day

March 8, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 389 Views #IWD2017, attractor, community psychology, complexity, emergence, evaluation, football, gender, gender equality, global health, men, power, sex, social position, systems change, systems perspective, systems thinking, theory of change, violence against women, women, women's issues

Today is International Women’s Day when the attention of one half of the world’s population is brought to the entire

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Fail Fast, Succeed Sooner(?)

October 4, 2016October 4, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 479 Views anxiety, Brexit, community psychology, complexity, design, evaluation, failure, innovation ecology, John Wenger, London, measurement, mental health, Mitch Joel, sociodrama

Our series on paradox continues today by taking a look at the curious case of failure and how it’s

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The healing power of curiosity

July 9, 2016August 2, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 309 Views Arthur Zajonc, Black Lives Matter, Brexit, community psychology, contemplative inquiry, love, mindfulness, mindset, protest, psychology, race, Toronto, United Kingdom, United States

It has been a heavy few weeks in the world. In times like this we often raise our voice to

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Ethics and Systemic Change

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 610 Views Boris Johnson, Brexit, Cognitive Edge, community psychology, complexity, conscious creation, David Cameron, design, design thinking, design-driven-strategy, Europe, OCADU, Peter Jones, politics, strategic foresight, systemic design, systems change, United Kingdom

Systems change is a goal for many social advocates — whether aimed at politics, climate change, social norms or beyond

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Asking Better and More Beautiful Questions

March 12, 2014 Cameron D. Norman 745 Views book, book review, CENSE Research + Design, community psychology, design, design thinking, education, Google, inquiry, Larry Page, learning, mindful organizations, mindfulness, Montessori, poverty, psychology, questions, Sergey Brin, social innovation, strategic intent, strategy, systems thinking, Warren Berger

Beautiful answers require beautiful (and better) questions and Warren Berger’s new book looks at this very phenomenon of inquiry and

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