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Improving Our Innovation Definitions

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 394 Viewscomplexity, creativity, definition, design, design thinking, evaluation, imagination, innovation, learning

It’s remarkable how a term can grow and change over time and that is no less true for the term

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Drips and Drops in Strategic Innovation

November 22, 2021November 19, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 416 Viewscomplexity, design thinking, evaluation, innovation, mindset, strategic design, strategic foresight

Strategic innovation is not immune to the same trends in consumption and use as we see in products and services.

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Light or Darker? The Age of Complexity

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 499 Viewscomplexity, design, design thinking, evaluation, innovation, leonard cohen, science, systems thinking

Five years ago we were on the cusp of the Trump presidency, experienced the recent Brexit vote, and what felt

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Resetting our Habits: A Design Challenge

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 601 Viewsbehavioural design, behavioural science, design, design thinking, habit, innovation, psychology, retail

Business thrives on habits formed by customers, but what happens when those habits change? That’s what Roger Martin speaks to

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Innovation and Maintenance: A Book Review

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 387 Viewsbook, book review, creativity, design, design thinking, innovation, learning, maintenance, sustainability

Lee Vinsel and Andrew Russell are leading voices in arguing for a bigger place for maintaining things in this world

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Collective Sensemaking’s Ridiculous End

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 476 Viewscomplexity, design, design thinking, sensemaking, systems thinking

Sensemaking is having its day – but how much of that is a good thing? In this post I ask whether

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Climate Changes

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 569 Viewsbehaviour change, climate change, conservation, design, design thinking, environment, innovation, psychology, research, science, systems thinking

Our future depends on our ability to change how we see ourselves and the world and act on it —

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What is Sensemaking? Part 2: Practice

July 30, 2021October 15, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 1024 Viewscomplexity, covid-19, design, design thinking, diversity, innovation, learning, mindfulness, perspective, sensemaking, strategy

Sensemaking practice is social, interactive, and focused on strategies to work through what we think, know, and imagine. In our

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Simplifying Design

July 21, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 867 Viewsbehaviour change, change, craft, creativity, design, design thinking, evaluation, learning, mindfulness, sensemaking, service design, strategy

The gap between design theory and practice can be bridged by getting back to the principle of making it accessible.

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Design For Human Time

July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 715 Viewscomplexity, design, design for humans, design thinking, innovation, time

Time moves at the speed we perceive it and that affects how we design for how we experience it. If

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Design’s Inspiring Possibility

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Systems Thinking Practice: Starting Out

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