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Resolutions Past, Present and Future

December 30, 2021December 30, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 344 Viewscomplexity, design, design for humans, mindfulness, new year's resolutions, planning, psychology, strategy, time

A year-end, a new calendar, or a change of seasons bring fresh starts and times of renewal and reflection. It’s

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design systems thinking 

What is Sensemaking? Part 2: Practice

July 30, 2021October 15, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 1094 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 920 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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innovation psychology 

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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innovation systems thinking 

Practice Amid Disruption

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 551 Viewscascade, change, deliberative practice, design practice, emergence, greg satell, innovation, mindfulness, persistence, practice, resilience, Seth Godin, social change, systems thinking

What regular practice does is reduce the cost of failure and these costs are different in times of disruption. Innovation

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Noticing and the Art of Paying Attention

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1025 Viewsattention, complexity, evaluation, innovation, mindfulness, noticing, perception, psychology, selective attention

Innovation is about seeing things differently. This article looks at how our perceptions of the world can influence what we see and what we miss and how evaluation can help with it all.

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systems thinking 

Time. Care. Attention.

May 17, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 1292 Viewsattention, care, compassion, craft, developmental evaluation, flourishing, innovation, learning, mindfulness, time

A read through a typical management or personal improvement feed will reveal near infinite recommendations for steps you can take

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innovation psychology systems thinking 

Jaded: Whether You Are a Plant or a Stone Makes All the Difference

May 11, 2017January 17, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 863 Viewscomplexity, dating, failure, innovation, mindfulness, path dependence, psychology, risk, social innovation

An attempt to innovate – do something new to produce value — is always fraught with risk and a high

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innovation psychology systems thinking 

What’s in your baggage?

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 4286 Viewsadaptation, compassion, complexity, design thinking, emotional baggage, evaluation, love, mindful organizations, mindfulness, psychology, reflective practice, strategy, systems thinking, wellbeing, work

Social and emotional baggage is what we bring with us and, like the real thing, it’s all in what we

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psychology systems thinking 

The healing power of curiosity

July 9, 2016August 2, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 1194 ViewsArthur Zajonc, Black Lives Matter, Brexit, community psychology, contemplative inquiry, love, mindfulness, mindset, protest, psychology, race, Toronto, United Kingdom, United States

  It has been a heavy few weeks in the world. In times like this we often raise our voice to

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Living Our Future Selves Today With Foresight
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Living Our Future Selves Today With Foresight

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 0 Comments

Strategic Foresight can do more than help us to see what might come, it can help us to live better

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The Design of Well-Being in Practice

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Framing Design for Well-Being

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Design’s Inspiring Possibility

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