Change-making is not a singular thing, rather it is viewed more as an index. That means that the more of these different factors that are present, the greater the likelihood of change. The latest episode of Censemaking: The Innovation Podcast looks at the things that tie change-making efforts together. I recently concluded the first season …
There are reasons people read or scroll through content on beautiful places and spaces; it inspires us to create. Our environments play a big role in shaping ideas and creating innovations. This post was inspired from the recent episode of Censemaking: The Innovation Podcast. When I was five years old, I had a terrible accident …
Designing for Humans sounds like an obvious statement for designers, but very often we design things for things — systems, technologies, or ideas rather than actual humans and the implications of that are many. In this post I revisit a conversation I had with Scott Millar on the role of design and collaboration and touch …
I recently had a conversation with Scott Millar, host of the Cool Collaborations podcast, about design and collaboration and how they go together. This is an excerpt of that conversation focused on bringing people into the design process. Scott Millar, is a consultant who helps leaders, teams, and organizations navigate beyond their differences to tackle …
What we see or choose to see has a profound effect on what we do and achieve. Choose wisely. The role of expectations — what we anticipate happening from our actions — is another critical pillar of behaviour change. In this latest in the foundations of behaviour change series, we look at how what we …
To know is to do. This is an unspoken assumption behind much of what is written about change. If we know the risks, know the opportunities, have ideas about what to do, we will make change happen. But this isn’t true — at least, in its entirety. The latest Censemaking Innovation Podcast continues to look …
Producing a podcast in 2011 was novel; not in 2021 – although the lessons learned from 10 years of trying might be timeless. In this post and upcoming series I explore the factors that influence change and innovation by applying psychological science to my own struggle to innovate on one particular topic: podcasting. It’s finally …
Coffee is everywhere, but did you ever consider how many ways we can serve it? Looking at it from a #servicedesign and #systemsthinking perspective can change everything.
Our mental health and well-being affect our work above everything. Taking care of ourselves is not an option; it’s essential. Today is World Mental Health Day. Mental health and well-being is as important to innovation work as anything else. Our state of mind and that of our co-workers, colleagues, partners, and community affects our social …
