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Design Choices and Their Outcomes

Evaluation is not a word that fits easily into design practice, but when it does, it lays bare what it

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Beyond The Whiteboard & Sticky Notes

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1939 Views design thinking, evaluation, impact, innovation, learning

Design thinking is much more than its tools. It’s time to look at what it actually does and how to go beyond the tools to see its real impact.

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Capturing System Effects

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 932 Views 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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Knowing Your Impact

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 703 Views design-driven evaluation, evaluation, impact

Evaluation tells your innovation’s impact story to the wider world. Learn more about what you do by learning about evaluation.

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Smart goals or better systems?

July 19, 2017December 1, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1967 Views adaptive strategy, creativity, decision making, evaluation, goals, impact, innovation, measurement, organizational design, organizational development, performance measurement, program evaluation, social change, systems thinking

If you’re working toward some sort of collective goals — as an organization, network or even as an individual —