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Monitoring, Principles and Impotent Strategy

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 921 Viewsevaluation, Facebook, Michael Quinn Patton, monitoring and evaluation, principles, principles-focused evaluation, sensemaking, social media, strategy, Twitter, United States

Without connecting monitoring of our programs with our principles and strategy, we are simply creating impotency in our organizations. The

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Doing Nothing: An Innovation Paradox

July 14, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 993 Viewschaos, complexity, decision making, design, innovation, Michael Quinn Patton, principles, principles-focused evaluation, strategy, systems, systems thinking, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, transformation

Strategy in chaos is like whitewater rafting — it needs stillness among the motion. Sometimes the best transformation and boldest action is doing nothing.

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Systems Thinking About Time and Motion

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1314 Viewscomplexity, covid-19, Cynefin Framework, design-driven evaluation, design-driven-strategy, developmental evaluation, principles-focused evaluation, public health, time

In changing times its important to recognize both the words change and time if we want to understand systems. On

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Design for Chaos

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1233 Viewsadaptation, chaos, complexity, design, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, movement, principles, principles-focused evaluation, systems thinking

Massive change often prompts fear, confusion, and a sense of chaos. How we manage and mitigate this is all about

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Living Our Future Selves Today With Foresight

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Strategic Foresight can do more than help us to see what might come, it can help us to live better

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The Design of Well-Being in Practice

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 2 Comments
Framing Design for Well-Being
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Framing Design for Well-Being

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Design’s Inspiring Possibility

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 1 Comment
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