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Design-Driven Evaluation and System Change

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 350 Views 0 Comments American Evaluation Association, design thinking, design-driven evaluation, developmental evaluation, evaluation, mindset, resilience, visionary evaluation

Our designs drive systems change as much as anything and feedback drives good design. Feedback comes from evaluation so it

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Evaluation and Design: Language for Innovation

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 934 Viewsdesign, design practice, design thinking, design-driven evaluation, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation

Design and evaluation are a two-way street and both fields of practice are wise to learn each others’ language Design

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Systems Thinking About Time and Motion

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1285 Viewscomplexity, covid-19, Cynefin Framework, design-driven evaluation, design-driven-strategy, developmental evaluation, principles-focused evaluation, public health, time

In changing times its important to recognize both the words change and time if we want to understand systems. On

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Vision + Evaluation

January 24, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1035 Viewsbeverly parsons, design-driven evaluation, evaluation, Matt Keene, systems thinking, vision, visionary evaluation

Vision is about where you want to go, evaluation tells you if you are getting there. Without one, we leave

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Knowing Your Impact

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 809 Viewsdesign-driven evaluation, evaluation, impact

Evaluation tells your innovation’s impact story to the wider world. Learn more about what you do by learning about evaluation.

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Innovation, Change and The Leopard

May 15, 2019June 12, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 3099 Viewschange, complexity, design, design-driven evaluation, design-driven-strategy, developmental evaluation, Guiseppe di Lampedusa, the leopard

Innovation is a misunderstood and often misrepresented concept that can provoke fear, indifference, resentment, confusion, or irrational exuberance. To understand

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The Mindset for Design-Driven Evaluation

April 24, 2019June 12, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1610 Viewsdesign-driven evaluation, developmental evaluation, product development, service design, utilization-focused evaluation

What distinguishes design-driven evaluation from other types of utilization-focused evaluation or innovation development is that it views the evaluative act

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Utility in Design-Driven Evaluation

March 27, 2019June 12, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 888 Viewsdesign, design-driven evaluation, evaluation, innovation, organizational change

Design-driven evaluation focuses attention on what organization’s use in their decision-making and learning to support the creation of their products,

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Leadership & Design Thinking: Missed Opportunities

February 26, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1576 Viewsdesign, design thinking, design-driven evaluation, evaluation, healthcare, Jon Kolko, social innovation, Tim Brown

A recent article titled ‘The Right Way to Lead Design Thinking’ gets a lot of things wrong not because of

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Design-driven Evaluation

February 20, 2019June 12, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1553 ViewsAmerican Evaluation Association, design, Design Loft, design principles, design-driven evaluation, Michael Quinn Patton, utilization-focused evaluation

A greater push for inclusion of evaluation data to make decisions and support innovation is not generating value if there

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