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Journeys for Uncertain Destinations

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 84 Views 0 Comments 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 90 Views 0 Comments 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 337 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 507 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, 2019November 8, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 743 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

Innovation to Your Inbox

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 556 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, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 869 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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Riding the waves of resilience

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 917 Views complexity, design, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, foresight evaluation, service design, strategic foresight, strategy, system design, systems thinking

Big shakeups happen in work, life, and the economy regularly. Navigating these waves of change well requires forethought and foresight.

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Getting Out of Our Heads

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 774 Views art, beauty, behaviour change, cognition, cognitive science, H.L. Mencken, health behaviour change, health psychology, John Wenger, Leonardo da Vinci, organizational aesthetics, psychology, sociodrama, strategic foresight, strategy, theory

Too much change psychology focuses on the way we think. Sometimes creating change requires we get out of our heads.

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Foreseeing the Unpossible

December 2, 2016December 3, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 442 Views Brexit, Carl Jung, cognitive psychology, difference, Donald Trump, innovation, moral psychology, OCADU, politics, psychodynamic theory, psychology, racism, social psychology, social science, strategic foresight, Syrian refugees, unpossible

Change may be the only constant and, beyond wet babies, few of us welcome it. Foresight is about looking ahead

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