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Design Thinking, Futures & Evaluation

February 11, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 889 Viewsevaluation, futures, innovation, social change, strategic foresight

The time to bring together three fields of practice focused on shaping the future with evidence and imagination is here.

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Signals and Actions

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1306 Viewsbehaviour change, evaluation, intention, psychology, racism, social change

Signals of intent can be misleading indicators of future action and may lead away from our desired change. They are

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Here to There: Navigating Through the Unknown

February 14, 2020June 2, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 1426 Viewschange, developmental design, developmental evaluation, innovation, learning, mental models, principle-focused evaluation, social change, systems thinking, visionary evaluation

VIsionary evaluation is about putting data to our principles and actions and seeing where we’ve come from and where we’re going at the same time. This article explores what it is and what we need to do.

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Change and Trust

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 2158 Viewsbehaviour change, behavioural science, community psychology, design, habit, minimum viable product, neuroscience, psychology, social change, social innovation, social media, social psychology

Big change might come from small actions and the trust-building that comes from making those actions visible. Here’s how to make a big difference as one person.