design thinking

behaviour change complexity evaluation psychology 

Change Stumbling

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 362 Views 0 Comments adaptive strategy, change, design thinking, developmental evaluation, evaluation, Judo, motivation, movement, new year's resolutions, Parkour, psychology, strategic foresight, willpower

Change-making requires accepting some degree of failure. How we deal with our stumbles determines how or whether we succeed. If

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behaviour change social innovation 

Social Innovation on Big Issues

December 6, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 586 Views behaviour change, design thinking, men, social change, social innovation, violence against women, women

Some problems have deep roots, seem intractable and resist change. Our first social innovation might be understanding that change is

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innovation strategic foresight 

What is Evaluation For?

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 945 Views curiosity, design, design thinking, developmental evaluation, evaluation, foresight, health, innovation, program evaluation, social justice, visionary evaluation

Evaluation is the longest four-letter word in the English language. Kidding aside, what is evaluation? Why should we all care?

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design design thinking psychology 

The Empathy Gap

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 942 Views behavioural economics, design research, design thinking, empathy, Jon Kolko, marketing, neuroscience, perception, psychology, Remembrance Day, research, Rory Sutherland, service design

Empathy is considered to be at the bedrock of good design. But what if how we’re thinking about empathy is

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innovation strategic foresight Toolkit 

Alberta’s Innovation Advantage

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 565 Views Alberta, Canada, design thinking, homelessness, innovation, oil, public policy, social policy, strategic foresight, systemic design, toolkit

The Canadian province of Alberta has a reputation for fostering innovation. From strategic foresight to systemic design this reputation is

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design innovation 

Design Thinking for the Planet

November 6, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 520 Views circular design, circular economy, design, design thinking, innovation, john thackara, product design, service design, sustainable development, UK Design Council

Circular thinking — from economics to design – is reshaping our world. By changing our thinking we change our relationship

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innovation 

Innovation to Your Inbox

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 423 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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business innovation systems thinking 

An Organizing Framework for Innovation

September 10, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 609 Views culture of innovation, design, design thinking, developmental design, developmental evaluation, innovation, innovation ecosystem, strategic foresight, strategy, systems thinking

Innovation requires the right organizing, not just skill and vision. This article explores what that means in practice.

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design thinking 

Leadership & Design Thinking: Missed Opportunities

February 26, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 499 Views design, 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 thinking psychology research 

Elevating Design & Design Thinking

October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 465 Views design, Design Loft, design thinking, evaluation, George Miller, psychology, research

  Design thinking has brought the language of design into popular discourse across different fields, but it’s failings threaten to

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