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Sensemaking, Design and Innovation

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 541 Views complexity, covid-19, design thinking, innovation, learning, policy, public health, sensemaking, The RSA, tribes, wicked problems

We can’t change what we don’t understand and can’t understand what we can’t make sense of. Design is the discipline

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300: Crises in Complexity, Opportunities in Design

August 31, 2013August 31, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 594 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 426 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 435 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.

Will, Intentions and Change: Connecting them to create real change, not just words. #psychology #change bit.ly/3eGj9EO 12 hours ago
"I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it."- Bea Arthur (born this day in 1922) 20 hours ago
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." —Martin Luther King Jr. 20 hours ago
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”Walt Disney. Vision and strategy requires imagination. 1 day ago
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