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

May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 317 Views complexity, 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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A Beautiful Idea

April 10, 2017April 10, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 432 Views attention, attractor, beauty, behaviour change, book, complexity, creativity, creators, design, emergence, organizational aesthetics, organizational psychology, path dependence, research, Steven De Groot

Is what you do, where you work, or how you organize, beautiful? Among the many words used to describe our

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(Re) Making our World

June 24, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 247 Views complexity, critical making, design, design thinking, developmental design, England, mindfulness, path dependence, politics, Roseanne Somerson, systemic design, systems thinking, United Kingdom

Britain’s vote to leave the European Union is a nod to the future and the past and both perspectives illustrate

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Systems Thinking Perspectives on CQI and Public Health

September 23, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 613 Views CENSE Research + Design, complexity, design thinking, Ontario, organizations, path dependence, presentation, public health, quality improvement, systems thinking

Systems thinking involves taking account of where you stand, what you’re doing, and where the bounds of your influence and

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The Job Market Metric In Education

December 30, 2012December 30, 2012 Cameron D. Norman 364 Views complex systems, complexity, contemplative inquiry, continuing medical education, design thinking, developmental evaluation, disruption, education, educational design, evaluation, foresight, jobs, journalism, learning, learning organization, mindfulness, path dependence, professional education, resilience, teaching, university

Post-secondary and continuing education is continuing to be rationalized in ways that are transforming the very foundation of the enterprise.

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The Complex Adaptive (Education) System

October 10, 2010October 11, 2010 Cameron D. Norman 488 Views complexity, dominant design, education, innovation, leadership, learning, path dependence, university

Education is a complex adaptive system, but the current opportunities for transformation in education are being limited by a desire to limit creativity and increase bureaucracy. This is explored.

Change requires we calibrate our perceptions with our goals: The High Diving Board Problem (Wht change is hard)… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 days ago
"I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go." - Langston Hughes 2 days ago
Think 'immunity passports' are the ticket to re-opening our communities? Here's 10 science-based reasons why its li… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 days ago
"To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." —@NelsonMandela 2 days ago
This pointed, frank, and informed take on the reasons to be cautious, to learn from others, and avoid those 'smug'… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 days ago
Nudges with design are popular because they make for great stories (Remember the staircase piano?) but they don't c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 5 days ago
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." —@JaneGoodallInst 5 days ago

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