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Design Thinking, Futures & Evaluation

February 11, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 213 Views 0 Comments evaluation, 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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A Better Next

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 264 Views 2 Comments covid-19, design thinking, education, healing, innovation, strategic foresight

Beforetimes were different than now and what’s next will be different, too. The difference is that one we can design

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Freeze Framing and Turbulence

January 7, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 245 Views 2 Comments behaviour change, foresight, futures, Kurt Lewin, organizational change, strategic foresight, strategy

Turbulence offers a chance to put into place new, better habits, behaviours and structures if we know which ones to

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Journeys for Uncertain Destinations

September 18, 2020September 20, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 405 Views foresight, foresight methods, innovation, strategic foresight

How do we think about the journeys through complex situations when we are unsure of a destination? There is a

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The Folly of Foresight

September 17, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 384 Views 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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Causal Looks: Foresight Fundamentals

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 448 Views complexity, covid-19, evaluation, strategic foresight, strategy, urbanism

It’s been said the best way to predict the future is to create it: foresight is way to help us

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Change Stumbling

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 602 Views adaptive strategy, change, design thinking, developmental evaluation, evaluation, Judo, motivation, movement, new year's resolutions, Parkour, psychology, strategic foresight, willpower

Change-making requires accepting some degree of failure. How we deal with our stumbles determines how or whether we succeed. If

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Alberta’s Innovation Advantage

November 8, 2019February 24, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 865 Views Alberta, Canada, design thinking, homelessness, innovation, oil, public policy, social policy, strategic foresight, systemic design, toolkit

The Canadian province of Alberta has a reputation for fostering innovation. From strategic foresight to systemic design this reputation is

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Innovation to Your Inbox

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 632 Views communication, design, design thinking, evaluation, innovation, marketing, newsletter, organizational change, psychology, social media, strategic foresight, systems thinking

Of the many ways to reach people, email still works. Sometimes innovation is best doing new things with old tools.

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An Organizing Framework for Innovation

September 10, 2019February 24, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 1129 Views culture of innovation, design, design thinking, developmental design, developmental evaluation, innovation, innovation ecosystem, strategic foresight, strategy, systems thinking

Innovation requires the right organizing, not just skill and vision. This article explores what that means in practice.

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