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Middle Ground

September 21, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 210 Views 0 Comments complexity, illusion, perception, psychology, research, systems thinking

When ideas and opinions push to the extreme finding where the middle ground is becomes an innovation challenge. Darling I

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The Folly of Foresight

September 17, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 265 Views 0 Comments amy webb, behaviour change, behavioural design, behavioural science, covid-19, design-strategy, futures, human-centred design, nudge, psychology, public health, strategic foresight

Seeing the road ahead isn’t the same as doing something to get there: it’s a lesson that foresight and strategy

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Innovation’s Fear Factor

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 278 Views 0 Comments change, evaluation, fear, gaming, innovation, jane mcgonigal, learning, measurement, psychology

The fear of failure are reasons why our best work never sees the light of day ; gaming can make

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Measuring What Matters: Design Thinking

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 378 Views 0 Comments data, design, design ethics, design thinking, ethics, evaluation, measurement, psychology, race, weird

Measurement can be a trick to deflect us from what matters most, which often can’t be measured. I recently saw

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But/And: A Psychology of Dualism

August 25, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 310 Views 0 Comments complexity, language, psychology, questions

Replace the word ‘but’ with ‘and’ to change not only your language, but your worldview, too.

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Five Hundred

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1028 Views 2 Comments design, design thinking, education, learning, psychology, self-care

Lessons learned from more than a decade of publishing Censemaking.

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Incubation and Echoes

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 296 Views 0 Comments cognitive science, complexity, covid-19, design thinking, Liz Weaver, psychology, sensemaking, sketch map, strategic design, systemic design, systems thinking, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, The RSA, toolkit, visual thinking

Systems change requires the kind of tools and mindset shifts that can move how and what we see to act better. We profile various strategies to help you do that.

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The Gratitude Mindset (Why it Matters)

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 379 Views 0 Comments complexity, gratitude, mental health, positive psychology, psychology, strategy

Being grateful makes us feel good and helps us find what important things to focus on when developing a strategy for innovating and moving ahead.

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Systems of Influence: The Hidden Forces Shaping What We Do

July 30, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 730 Views 2 Comments architecture, behaviour change, covid-19, design, health, motivation, psychology, systemic design, systems thinking, urbanism

Staying safe is about understanding systems that affect our choices, not just individuals. We need to design systems better if we want real change to take place.

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Not Working vs Wrong

July 24, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 573 Views 0 Comments complexity, decision making, goals, learning, organizational change, organizational development, organizational learning, organizational psychology, psychology, social psychology, systems thinking

Change is hard because our identities often depend on us being right, even when we are not. Understanding the myths we hold to can be a means to get past this and make real change and make it stick.

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