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Systems Thinking About Preparedness and Scaredness

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1528 Views covid-19, healthcare, public health, stock and flow, system dynamics

Events like the COVID-19 pandemic provide us with examples of how to think about systems and why, when, and how

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Genetic engineering for your brand

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 Cameron D. Norman 1063 Views addiction, behaviour change, brand, business, business model, DNA, emotion, emotional baggage, epigenetics, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, marketing, organizational psychology, psychology, system dynamics, systems science

DNA doesn’t predetermine our future as biological beings, but it does powerfully influence it. Some have applied the concept of ‘DNA’

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Design (re)Thinking Health Systems

May 10, 2013May 10, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 390 Views design thinking, gigamapping, global health, health and wellbeing, health systems, Julio Frenk, knowledge translation, public health, science, system dynamics, systems thinking, visual thinking

How might we design health systems to promote health and wellbeing and not just treat illness and disease and manage

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Complexity and the Information Landscape

December 5, 2009May 25, 2012 Cameron D. Norman 958 Views climate change, complexity, education, H1N1, health, health behaviour change, health education, health promotion, learning, literacy, public health, science, statistics, system dynamics, systems thinking, teaching

How to make sense of information in a complex learning environment and why is it important? If we think about climate change, pandemic flu and other serious issues, we may come to the conclusion that this is among the most important topics we can devote time to.

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Back to School and the Lesson of Accumulation

September 8, 2009 Cameron D. Norman 500 Views accumulation, education, learning, resilience, school, social determinants of health, system dynamics, systems thinking, teaching, tipping point

As we go back to school it is time to consider how the stresses of teaching and education build up over time and why it might be worth re-thinking its impact.