resiliency

The Resilient Tribe: Designing Leadership For Complexity

October 18, 2013October 18, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 573 Views behaviour change, change leadership, CoNEKTR model, design, groups, Heather Gold, leadership, Meg Wheatley, networks, resiliency, systems thinking, tribes, tummeling

Individuals, organizations and networks are living with unprecedented social complexity requiring more attention than ever on fostering resiliency at all

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Shaking the System of Knowledge Translation and Journalism

September 10, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 666 Views AOL, complexity, developmental evaluation, digital economy, dominant design, emergence, Harvard University, innovation, John F. Kennedy School of Government, knowledge translation, media, New York Times, newspapers, Nieman Journalism Lab, path dependency, public policy, publishing, resilience, resiliency, science, social media, systems thinking, The Joan Shorenstein Center, transmedia, Twitter

Leveraging systems change comes when you are willing to examine the system itself, not just the component parts. News media

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The Food Bank Model of Education and the Tyranny of Resiliency

September 5, 2009May 23, 2012 Cameron D. Norman 463 Views adaptation, community, education, food banks, food security, food systems, innovation, learning, psychology, resiliency, social determinants of health, systems thinking

Resiliency enables us to bounce back from adversity, but like an elastic band too much stretching can lead to breakdown. Food banks, once a stop-gap for food security are now a model for education. Are we stretching a little too far?