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Systems Maps: Cautions and Consequences

July 9, 2021July 15, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 272 Views 0 Comments design, synthesis maps, systemic design, systems thinking

Systems maps are useful for visualizing connections between ideas, actors, institutions, and activities. They are a means to showcasing relationships

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Pasts, Presents, and Futures

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 730 Views behaviour change, community psychology, covid-19, design, foresight, futures, healing, learning, Michael Quinn Patton, psychology, systemic design, systems thinking, teaching

Our understanding of situations are co-constructed and that means our future is, too. Shaping our future — at least one

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System Entanglements and Change

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 759 Views behaviour change, complexity, covid-19, evaluation, systemic design, systems thinking

‘New beginnings’ is a phrase that only works when both words are true and the systems around them support their

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Incubation and Echoes

August 14, 2020February 24, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 507 Views cognitive science, complexity, covid-19, design thinking, Liz Weaver, psychology, sensemaking, sketch map, strategic design, systemic design, systems thinking, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, The RSA, toolkit, visual thinking

Systems change requires the kind of tools and mindset shifts that can move how and what we see to act better. We profile various strategies to help you do that.

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Systems of Influence: The Hidden Forces Shaping What We Do

July 30, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 971 Views architecture, behaviour change, covid-19, design, health, motivation, psychology, systemic design, systems thinking, urbanism

Staying safe is about understanding systems that affect our choices, not just individuals. We need to design systems better if we want real change to take place.

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An Opportunity for Systemic Design

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1062 Views complexity, covid-19, Cynefin Framework, scale, systemic design, systems change, toolkit

When systems are changing everywhere the opportunities to direct some of that change to design the world we want has

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Unprecedented: Living Complexity

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1316 Views Cognitive Edge, complex adaptive systems, complexity, complexity theory, covid-19, Cynefin Framework, economics, public health, systemic design

‘Unprecedented’ is a term that is changing how we understand complexity and foresight. One thing that often makes complex situations

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Systems Perceiving

January 14, 2020February 24, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 860 Views healthcare, hospitals, medicine, psychology, purpose, sketch map, systemic design, systems thinking, toolkit

System change requires we understand the perceptions of those in that system. Here’s a way to go about that and make change real, not just an idea #systemchange #systemsthinking #systemicdesign