strategy

environment evaluation 

Seeing the Unknown

February 11, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 452 Views 0 Comments environment, evaluation, foresight, futures, innovation, strategy, sustainability, visionary evaluation

We prepare for what we know and see. To address the challenges of the future, we need to imagine things

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business innovation systems thinking 

An Organizing Framework for Innovation

September 10, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 609 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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strategic foresight 

Riding the waves of resilience

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 693 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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behaviour change psychology strategic foresight 

Getting Out of Our Heads

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 586 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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evaluation innovation 

Developmental Evaluation is not for you

April 9, 2019June 12, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 657 Views developmental evaluation, evaluation, innovation, research, strategy

Developmental evaluation is a powerful tool to support innovation, engaging communities, and foster deep learning. While it might be growing

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business 

Strategy: Myths, fantasies, and reality

August 7, 2018August 15, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 366 Views adaptive strategy, business, complexity, organizations, strategic intent, strategy

A defining feature of sustained excellence in any enterprise is a good strategy — a vision and plan linked to

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business complexity evaluation 

A mindset for developmental evaluation

September 7, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 526 Views child rearing, children, complexity, design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, mindset, program evaluation, psychology, strategy

Developmental evaluation requires different ways of thinking about programs, people, contexts and the data that comes from all three. Without

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behaviour change education & learning systems thinking 

Learning fails in bad systems

August 28, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 392 Views behaviour change, case study, continuing medical education, evaluation, healthcare, knowledge integration, knowledge management, knowledge transfer, learning, organizational design, organizational learning, organizational performance, organizational psychology, organizations, praxis, strategy, system design, systems, systems thinking

Enormous energy is spent on developing strategies to accomplish things with comparatively little paid to the systems that they are

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innovation psychology social systems systems thinking 

What’s in your baggage?

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 767 Views adaptation, compassion, complexity, design thinking, emotional baggage, evaluation, love, mindful organizations, mindfulness, psychology, reflective practice, strategy, systems thinking, wellbeing, work

Social and emotional baggage is what we bring with us and, like the real thing, it’s all in what we

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social innovation social systems systems thinking 

Lost together

July 13, 2016July 13, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 289 Views adaptive strategy, attractor, backbone organization, behaviour change, change, collective impact, complexity, flashlight, Guiseppe di Lampedusa, innovation, psychology, resilience, risk, risk mitigation, simple rules, social innovation, Stanford Social Innovation Review, strategy, streetlight effect

Doing new things to create social value means going into the great unknown, yet our fear of being lost need

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