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Five Hundred

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1158 Views 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 390 Views 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 450 Views 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 815 Views 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 657 Views 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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Learning Myths & The Learner

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 623 Views design thinking, education, engagement, learning, psychology

The idea that we have a learning ‘style’ is a myth; let’s stop perpetuating it and engage learners instead. While

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Shifting Your Innovation Goals & Goalposts

July 10, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 956 Views Geoff Wilson, goal setting, goals, ideas, innovation, leadership, MyFortay, psychology, Simon Sinek, video

What if the best way to accomplish a goal was to not have one or to keep it changing? That’s

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Noticing and the Art of Paying Attention

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 589 Views attention, complexity, evaluation, innovation, mindfulness, noticing, perception, psychology, selective attention

Innovation is about seeing things differently. This article looks at how our perceptions of the world can influence what we see and what we miss and how evaluation can help with it all.