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Monitoring, Principles and Impotent Strategy

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 246 Views 0 Comments evaluation, Facebook, Michael Quinn Patton, monitoring and evaluation, principles, principles-focused evaluation, sensemaking, social media, strategy, Twitter, United States

Without connecting monitoring of our programs with our principles and strategy, we are simply creating impotency in our organizations. The

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innovation systems thinking 

Freeze Framing and Turbulence

January 7, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 236 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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design innovation 

Agile Innovation?

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 712 Views agile, Dave Snowden, design thinking, innovation, strategy, systems innovation, systems thinking

An agile approach to innovation is intended to be flexible and dynamic, but it can also be flaky if we’re

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psychology systems thinking 

The Gratitude Mindset (Why it Matters)

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 467 Views complexity, gratitude, mental health, positive psychology, psychology, strategy

Being grateful makes us feel good and helps us find what important things to focus on when developing a strategy for innovating and moving ahead.

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Doing Nothing: An Innovation Paradox

July 14, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 633 Views chaos, complexity, decision making, design, innovation, Michael Quinn Patton, principles, principles-focused evaluation, strategy, systems, systems thinking, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, transformation

Strategy in chaos is like whitewater rafting — it needs stillness among the motion. Sometimes the best transformation and boldest action is doing nothing.

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Seasons and the Sun: Seeing and Experiencing Change

June 25, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 508 Views Calgary, china, complexity, covid-19, nature, performance, psychology, religion, ritual, stonehenge, strategy, time, United Kingdom, United States

Thinking in ‘seasons’ allows us to see systems at play that are disguised in the every day. To every thing

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innovation systems thinking 

Causal Looks: Foresight Fundamentals

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 442 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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evaluation 

Seeing the Unknown

February 11, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 688 Views 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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innovation systems thinking toolkit 

An Organizing Framework for Innovation

September 10, 2019February 24, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 1118 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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innovation 

Riding the waves of resilience

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1093 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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