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Not Working vs Wrong

July 24, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 443 Views 0 Comments complexity, decision making, goals, learning, organizational change, organizational development, organizational learning, organizational psychology, psychology, social psychology, systems thinking

Change is hard because our identities often depend on us being right, even when we are not. Understanding the myths we hold to can be a means to get past this and make real change and make it stick.

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How do we sit with time?

May 16, 2018August 15, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 648 Views behaviour change, design, developmental design, developmental evaluation, knowledge translation, learning, organizational development, psychology, time

Organizational transformation efforts from culture change to developmental evaluation all depend on one ingredient that is rarely discussed: time. How

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Developmental Evaluation’s Traps

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 Cameron D. Norman 735 Views change, complexity, culture of innovation, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, innovation, language, Michael Quinn Patton, mindful organizations, mindset, organizational development, psychology, sensemaking, Seth Godin, social innovation, Star Wars, Sting, systems thinking, VUCA

Developmental evaluation holds promise for product and service designers looking to understand the process, outcomes, and strategies of innovation and

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Complex problems and social learning

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 734 Views education, goals, groups, knowledge exchange, knowledge management, learning, learning organization, organizational development, organizational learning, social, social networks

Adaptation, evolution, innovation, and growth all require that we gain new knowledge and apply it to our circumstances, or learn.

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Smart goals or better systems?

July 19, 2017December 1, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1133 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 —

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Healing, by design

April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 406 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

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Developmental Evaluation and Sensemaking

January 13, 2014 Cameron D. Norman 1099 Views American Journal of Evaluation, CENSE Research + Design, change leadership, data visualization, design, design thinking, developmental design, developmental evaluation, emergence, evaluation, learning, mindfulness, organizational development, research evaluation, sensemaking, strategic foresight, Tim Huerta, University of British Columbia

Developmental evaluation is only as good as the sense that can be made from the data that is received. To

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The Organizational Zombie Resistance Kit

October 29, 2013January 3, 2014 Cameron D. Norman 551 Views behaviour change, complexity, design thinking, developmental design, discovery, evaluation, innovation, knowledge integration, learning, learning organization, mindfulness, organizational development, panarchy, sensemaking, social innovation, strategic foresight, zombie

Zombies — unaware, semi-conscious, distracted individuals — are all around us and running many of the organizations we work in

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The Mindful Socially Innovative Organization

October 16, 2012October 17, 2012 Cameron D. Norman 561 Views awareness, consciousness, contemplative inquiry, mindfulness, organizational development, organizational psychology

In complex systems there is a lot to pay attention to. Mindfulness and contemplative inquiry built into the organization can

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