organizational mindfulness Archives

Decoupling creators from their creations

June 1, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 968 Viewsattention, creativity, creators, evaluation, innovation, innovation ecosystem, learning, organizational mindfulness, social innovation, social media

The world is transformed by creators — the artists, the innovators, the leaders — and their creations are what propel change

evaluation systems thinking

Diversity / Complexity in Focus

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 969 ViewsBrexit, complex adaptive systems, complexity, design for emergence, design thinking, developmental design, developmental evaluation, diversity, evaluation, garden, mindfulness, organizational mindfulness, politics, strategic planning, strategy, systems thinking, United Kingdom

As cities and regions worldwide celebrate Pride the role of diversity, understanding and unity has been brought to mind

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Designing for the horizon

January 1, 2016July 23, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1294 ViewsCENSE Research + Design, consulting, design, design thinking, evaluation, innovation, Marty Neumeier, mindful organizations, mindfulness, organizational mindfulness, Peter Drucker

‘New’ is rarely sitting directly in front of us, but on the horizon; something we need to go to or

innovation systems thinking

The Ecology of Innovation: Part 2 – Language

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 Cameron D. Norman 1392 Viewscancer control, communication, health communication, health promotion, innovation, innovation ecology, knowledge exchange, knowledge integration, knowledge translation, mindfulness, organizational mindfulness, public health, research, sensemaking, social innovation

Although Innovation is about producing value through doing something new or different than before, the concept is far from simple

innovation systems thinking

Of tails, dogs and the wagging of both

September 23, 2014September 23, 2014 Cameron D. Norman 830 Viewsbehaviour change, complexity theory, developmental evaluation, economics, evaluation, ideology, innovation, measurement, mindful systems, mindfulness, neo-liberalism, organizational mindfulness, reflective practice, systems thinking

Evaluation is supposed to be driven by a program’s needs and activities, but that isn’t always the case. What happens

education & learning evaluation systems thinking

Developmental Evaluation and Mindfulness

January 20, 2014December 3, 2018 Cameron D. Norman 1987 Viewsattention, CENSE Research + Design, complexity, decision making, developmental evaluation, education, emergence, evaluability assessment, health, innovation, Karl Weick, learning organization, metacognition, mindfulness, organizational mindfulness, sensemaking, social innovation

Developmental evaluation is focused on real-time decision making for programs operating in complex, changing conditions, which can tax the attentional