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Action Before Motivation

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 400 Viewsbehaviour 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 387 ViewsCanada, 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 426 Viewsbehaviour 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

The Design of Well-Being in Practice

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 475 Viewscomplexity, 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 631 Viewscomplexity, 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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Systems Thinking Practice: Starting Out

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 855 Viewsboundary critique, complexity, design, design thinking, systems thinking, visual thinking, visualization

Systems thinking is something we can all learn to do. We discuss the fundamentals for starting your practice as a systems thinker.

Repairing Our Broken Assumptions About Change-Making

May 9, 2022May 27, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 679 Viewsbehaviour change, behavioural science, complexity, emergence, innovation, Margaret Wheatley, public health

Much of what we believe about behaviour change is based on myth, fallacies, and some poor science and yet these

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Organizational Cultures of Well-Being

May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 540 Viewscomplexity, design, health, health promotion, innovation, organizational development, organizational learning, public health, wellbeing

Organizations large and small are starting to re-assemble back in offices and considering what kind of culture they want to

Design and the Cautionary Tales of Path Dependence

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 448 Viewscomplexity, design, design thinking, future of work, innovation, path dependence, systems thinking

As millions of people shift their work patterns back to offices and shops from their homes the chance for renewal

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Using The Concept of Attractors To Facilitate Change

April 20, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 575 Viewsattractor, complexity, complexity science, complexity theory, design, evaluation, strategy, systems thinking

Attractors might be the most useful concept within complexity science for understanding practical change-making. By looking at how an attractor