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300: Crises in Complexity, Opportunities in Design

August 31, 2013August 31, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 385 Views architecture, blogging, complexity, design, design for emergence, developmental design, developmental evaluation, emergence, Globe and Mail, Hannah Montana, maker culture, making-meaning, media, Miley Cyrus, Monocle, MTV Music Video Awards, music, Nautilus Magazine, newspapers, policy, Robin Thicke, science, social media, The Alpine Review, Vi Hart, weak signals, wicked problem

In 2009 Censemaking was launched as a platform to explore issues in complexity and ways we can make sense of

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A Flood of Complexity

July 9, 2013July 9, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 298 Views Calgary, city life, complexity, emergence, environment, flood, foresight methods, infrastructure, New York City, policy, public policy, rainfall, rats, Rolling Stone, storms, strategic foresight, systems thinking, Toronto, transit, urbanism, weather

Yesterday Toronto was hit with a massive rainstorm that dumped more than 120mm of rain on parts of the city

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When Change Potential is Embedded in Bigger Systems

March 13, 2010May 25, 2012 Cameron D. Norman 309 Views Barack Obama, behaviour change, complexity, ecological model, embedded systems, empowerment, evaluation, heath promotion, lock-in, motivation, policy, politics, psychology, structure, systems thinking

Our ability to change can be tied to the degree of embeddedness we have within larger systems and how tight the fit between the layers or levels are. Barack Obama’s electoral success and governance frustrations are used to illustrate.

All those lifeguards out there who are making sure people are careful, safe, and respectful at the beaches and pool… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 hours ago
This is so important - play! Adults need this even if we feel it’s not grown up via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2020/08/14/sma… 6 hours ago
A question every researcher and evaluator needs to ask before they start data collection: Do you need to ask about… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 8 hours ago
This is a terrific, accessible introduction on the key issues of boundary critique for those interested in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 23 hours ago
Maybe a lesson for life > "evolution resides in the pauses" between cataclysms aeon.co/essays/catastr…? 1 day ago
@AllisonTitcomb Thanks, @AllisonTitcomb . I think many of us are floundering. I've found getting your sketchbook ou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago

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