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Beyond the Big and New: Innovating on Quality

May 1, 2014 Cameron D. Norman 436 Views Apple, design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, learning, quality, scale, scaling, social innovation, Steve Jobs

Innovation is a term commonly associated with ‘new’ and sparkly products and things, but that quest for the bigger and

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Isolation: The New Innovator’s Dilemma

March 27, 2014March 27, 2014 Cameron D. Norman 472 Views Apple, CENSE Research + Design, change leadership, connection, innovation, leadership, learning, Paul Born, Silicon Valley, social innovation, Steve Jobs, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, Toronto

Innovators transform the world around them in big and small ways and while a successful effort can be lauded by pundits, politicians

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What’s the big idea and how are you going to make it real?

February 6, 2014 Cameron D. Norman 544 Views adaptation, Albert Einstein, design thinking, discovery, Herbert Simon, innovation, social innovation, Steve Jobs, strategy

Concepts like design thinking and developmental evaluation are best used when they help ask big questions before seeking answers. How

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Developmental Design and The Innovator’s Mindset

August 16, 2013August 16, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 630 Views adaptation, Android, anthropology, Apple, attractor, Blackberry, complexity, design thinking, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, Globe and Mail, Google, innovation, Instagram, iPad, iPhone, iPod, leadership, mobile phones, multimedia, observation, photography, resilience, Samsung, Steve Jobs, strategy, systems thinking, technology, video, Vine

Blackberry, once the ‘must have’ device is no longer so and may no longer even exist. Looking back on how

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