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Incubation and Echoes

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 255 Views 0 Comments 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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Doing Nothing: An Innovation Paradox

July 14, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 485 Views 0 Comments 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.

The Lonely Innovator

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 770 Views entrepreneurship, loneliness, Margaret Wheatley, mental health, Seth Godin, social movement, storytelling, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, The RSA

Pushing change is not for the faint of heart or head. Loneliness is one of side effects that innovators must

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Do We Need a Social Innovation Taxonomy?

June 18, 2014June 18, 2014 Cameron D. Norman 333 Views biology, design, evaluation, frog, global, IDEO, innovation, social innovation, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, taxonomy

As social innovation grows in popularity the inevitable questions about what we mean when we use the term crop

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Isolation: The New Innovator’s Dilemma

March 27, 2014March 27, 2014 Cameron D. Norman 517 Views Apple, CENSE Research + Design, change leadership, connection, innovation, leadership, learning, Paul Born, Silicon Valley, social innovation, Steve Jobs, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, Toronto

Innovators transform the world around them in big and small ways and while a successful effort can be lauded by pundits, politicians