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Change and Trust

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 474 Views 2 Comments behaviour change, behavioural science, community psychology, design, habit, minimum viable product, neuroscience, psychology, social change, social innovation, social media, social psychology

Big change might come from small actions and the trust-building that comes from making those actions visible. Here’s how to make a big difference as one person.

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art & design behaviour change design health promotion 

Beautiful Work

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 167 Views 0 Comments aesthetics, creativity, design, employee engagement, health promotion, wellbeing, workplace

Making your world and work beautiful has tangible benefits for performance and wellbeing. It’s not trivia to focus on aesthetics.

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behaviour change systems thinking 

Designing Mental Models

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 354 Views 0 Comments design, developmental evaluation, iceberg model, John Hagel, John Seely Brown, mental models, reflection, shane parrish, systems change, systems thinking, time

Thoughts of changing our world won’t yield much without examining our mental models. That means designing for how we think,

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art & design behaviour change design health promotion 

Capturing System Effects

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 444 Views 0 Comments art, design, evaluation, impact, measurement, psychiatry, Think You Can Shrink, Thomas Ungar

We can learn about effects — what is generated from our services and products – by studying a banana stuck to a wall. Here’s how. #evaluation #ideas #innovation

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behaviour change design design thinking systems thinking 

Systems Design And Successful Change

December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 569 Views 0 Comments behaviour change, behavioural design, behavioural science, design, systemic design, systems thinking

Want to make a new start or a big change this year? Consider looking at your systems, not yourself, first.

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design evaluation 

Dosing Innovation and Change

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 541 Views 0 Comments case study, Coca Cola, design, drugs, entrepreneurship, evaluation, health innovation, healthcare, history, innovation, John Gargani, marketing, mix, scale, scaling impact

Just like with drugs, dosage and interactions matter with learning and innovation; it’s about amount, mix, and more. If you

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evaluation innovation strategic foresight 

Amplification and Impact

December 5, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 453 Views 0 Comments 5G technology, AI, business, change, communication, complexity, data, design, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, feedback, innovation, learning, marketing, marketing complexity, mobile phones, Pareto distribution, Peloton, sensemaking, social media, technology, transformation

Transformations are easier to understand retrospectively, not in real time. New technologies are about to upend that, forever. It is

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behaviour change psychology systems thinking 

Big Changes Through Small Actions

November 29, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 612 Views 0 Comments behaviour change, Black Friday, change, complexity, design, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, habit, marketing, retail, Seth Godin, systems change, systems thinking

Our consumption habits will kill our planet if we let it. Small actions, done often, can change our future course.

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innovation strategic foresight 

What is Evaluation For?

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 879 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 innovation 

Design Thinking for the Planet

November 6, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 485 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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