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Systems and Evaluative Thinking

August 12, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 55 Views 0 Comments adaptive strategy, complexity, design, evaluation, learning, principles, principles-focused evaluation, systems thinking

Systems and evaluative thinking are at the core of Principles-Focused Evaluation, and using both can help us think and act better.

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Systems and Complexity: Implications for Evaluation

August 10, 2022August 11, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 87 Views 0 Comments adaptive strategy, complex adaptive systems, complexity, complexity theory, education, evaluation, learning, principles, principles-focused evaluation, systems thinking

This second in a series on Principles-Focused Evaluation (PFE) draws our attention to the concepts of systems and complexity and

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Principles-Focused Evaluation: A Series Introduction

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 116 Views 4 Comments adaptive strategy, complexity, design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, innovation, Michael Quinn Patton, principles-focused evaluation, systems thinking

What is a Principles-Focused Evaluation approach, and what does it offer those seeking to support change, adaptation, and innovation? This

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Development vs Growth

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 168 Views 2 Comments complexity, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, learning

The climate crisis enveloping us right now is providing a teachable moment to explore the difference between development and growth.

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Climate Design For A World on Fire: Part 1

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 164 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate crisis, complexity, design for humans, evaluation, learning, Seth Godin, systems thinking, W. Edwards Deming

This week, the world is noticing what happens when we ignore climate change. The alarms are (literally) ringing, and designers

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Action Before Motivation

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 160 Views 1 Comment behaviour change, complexity, depression, mental health, organizational change, organizational learning, psychology, well-being

A myth of behaviour change is that we must be motivated before we act. Behavioural Activation shows us how doing

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System and Network Design

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 197 Views 1 Comment Canada, communications, complexity, design, network, systems thinking

Canada was recently taught a valuable lesson about networks and systems fundamentals when it lost nearly 1/3 of its telecom

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Disruption and the Energy of Change

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 241 Views 0 Comments behaviour change, cognition, complexity, decision making, design, learning, organizational change, organizations, psychology, social change, well-being

Energy — our ability to generate and convert inspiration and enthusiasm into action — is at the heart of designing

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The Design of Well-Being in Practice

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 298 Views 1 Comment complexity, culture of well-being, design, design for emergence, design for humans, design thinking, learning, organizational development, organizational learning, psychology, public health, well-being

In this final series on designing for well-being, we look at the application of a design framework to achieving the

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Practical Systems Thinking: Working Definitions

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 462 Views 2 Comments complexity, learning, psychology, systems thinking

Systems Thinking is a field that brings many different perspectives on science, philosophy, sociology and design, and while this diversity

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