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design innovation

Pasts, Presents, and Futures

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 724 Views behaviour change, community psychology, covid-19, design, foresight, futures, healing, learning, Michael Quinn Patton, psychology, systemic design, systems thinking, teaching

Our understanding of situations are co-constructed and that means our future is, too. Shaping our future — at least one

design innovation

A Better Next

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 477 Views covid-19, design thinking, education, healing, innovation, strategic foresight

Beforetimes were different than now and what’s next will be different, too. The difference is that one we can design

psychology systems thinking

Healing, by design

April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 676 Views community psychology, complexity, Cynefin Framework, design, developmental evaluation, emotional baggage, evaluation, healer, healing, Indigenous psychology, organizational development, psychology, psychotherapy, Richard Katz

The concept of healing plays an integral part of healthy human development in many cultures, yet is largely unknown or misunderstood in

design education & learning systems thinking

Integrative Thinking And Empathy in Systems

September 26, 2013September 26, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 603 Views Africa, anthropology, complexity, culture, David Gilmour, design thinking, empathy, English, Hazlitt Magazine, healing, innovation, integrative thinking, Kalahari Ju|’hoansi, learning, literature, narrative, paradox, Richard Katz, Roger Martin, Rotman School of Business, systems thinking, teaching, University of Toronto

Award-winning Canadian author and University of Toronto professor David Gilmour came under social/media fire for comments made about his stance of only including male, middle-aged writers in his list of readings for his undergraduate English courses because that is the experience he resonates with most. Drawing on what you know is both wise and foolish when looking at it from the perspective of systems change and by looking within and beyond our own boundaries we can see how.