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Earth Day Psychology

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 507 Views 0 Comments behaviour change, climate change, climate crisis, earth day, environment, fresh start effect, Geoff Wilson, health, james donison, katy milkman, psychology, systems thinking

Earth Day provides us with an opportunity to reflect on our place on this planet. The planet needs action not

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Environmental Effects and Change-Making

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 285 Viewsbeauty, behaviour change, built environment, design, design thinking, environment, healthcare, hospitals, innovation, organizational aesthetics, podcast, Steven De Groot

There are reasons people read or scroll through content on beautiful places and spaces; it inspires us to create. Our

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Designing Worlds and the Metaverse

November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 547 Viewscathy hackl, climate crisis, design, environment, innovation, metaverse, sustainability, systems thinking, technology

Our massive push toward more immersive online experiences, space travel, and connected social worlds seem even more divorced from reality

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Climate Changes

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 588 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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Will, Intentions and Change

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 568 Viewsbehaviour change, behavioural design, behavioural willingness, environment, health behaviour change, intention, psychology, social psychology

Change is often less about what we intend to change and our willingness to take action. If innovation requires us

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Emotional Honesty in Designing Change

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 566 Viewsaction, attention, behaviour change, climate change, earth day, emotion, emotional baggage, environment, honesty, hope, mindfulness, organizational psychology, psychological safety, psychology

Innovation is emotional work and it’s time to connect our feelings and thoughts to fuel our change efforts and actions.

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Plastic Language and Its Effects

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 893 Viewsenvironment, evaluation, measurement, organizational development, plastic, resilience, social innovation, social policy

Plastic language is all about using words in meaningless ways and that creates meaningless impact, too.

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Seeing the Unknown

February 11, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 988 Viewsenvironment, evaluation, foresight, futures, innovation, strategy, sustainability, visionary evaluation

We prepare for what we know and see. To address the challenges of the future, we need to imagine things

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Three Lessons From Summer Vacation

September 7, 2016February 24, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 1042 ViewsAndrew Knight, art, beauty, Brexit, complexity, design, environment, John Wenger, Mark Rothko, organizational aesthetics, organizational design, psychology, Silwood Group, sociodrama, Steven De Groot

This year I took a summer holiday — something I’ve not done in years — and was reminded what literally stepping

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A Flood of Complexity

July 9, 2013July 9, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 727 ViewsCalgary, city life, complexity, emergence, environment, flood, foresight methods, infrastructure, New York City, policy, public policy, rainfall, rats, Rolling Stone, storms, strategic foresight, systems thinking, Toronto, transit, urbanism, weather

Yesterday Toronto was hit with a massive rainstorm that dumped more than 120mm of rain on parts of the city

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Earth Day Psychology

Environmental Effects and Change-Making

Designing Worlds and the Metaverse

Climate Changes

Emotional Honesty in Designing Change

Seeing the Unknown

Three Lessons From Summer Vacation

A Flood of Complexity

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