technology

knowledge translation social media 

Learning: Bites, Snacks, and Meals

September 4, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 374 Views 0 Comments Chris Brogan, communications, education, knowledge translation, learning, media, publishing, social media, teaching, technology

Media communications is trending toward generating content in small forms. What does small ‘snackable’ content mean for learning big things?

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behaviour change innovation systems science 

Tranformation in Three Numbers

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 653 Views AI, cense, complexity, design, evaluation, nicholas thompson, technology, wired magazine

Three numbers tell a story of transformation worth listening to. Our world is changing quickly and this week three numbers

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strategic foresight 

Foresight, Growth and the J-shaped Curve

May 2, 2019June 12, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 320 Views economics, exponential change, Pareto distribution, social change, statistics, systems change, systems thinking, technology

The business of futures is to see what possibilities lay ahead to better anticipate how to meet them when or

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business innovation psychology science & technology social systems 

The logic of a $1000 iPhone

September 12, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 217 Views Apple, foresight, handset, iPhone, social media, society, technology, trends

Today Apple is expected to release a new series of iPhone handsets with the base price for one set at

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design thinking psychology science & technology social systems 

The Disconnected Human

September 27, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 422 Views addiction, cognitive psychology, complexity, cortisol, Covent Garden Market, design, empathy, London, Louis C.K., mental health, psychology, social psychology, stress, technology

In this mini-series we look at the phenomenon of paradox and some of the prominent ones in our social world.

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complexity journalism science & technology social systems 

Our Paradoxical Age

September 19, 2016September 19, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 771 Views Carl Jung, climate change, Donald Trump, environmental health, journalism, Marshall McLuhan, mental health, Nicholas Carr, paradox, Pokemon Go, politics, social experiments, technology

If there was a word we could use to define the current times, paradox would certainly have to be a

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complexity journalism science & technology social media 

The more we get together

June 18, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 121 Views complexity, diversity, Donald Trump, England, Ethan Zuckerman, journalism, Marshall McLuhan, media, media ecology, Nicholas Carr, Robin Dunbar, social networks, technology, United Kingdom, United States

As we forge ever-greater connections online to each other and the world of ideas the thinking was that we would

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behaviour change psychology social media social systems 

My troubled relationship with social media

April 1, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 401 Views Clay Shirky, Douglas Rushkoff, Facebook, Instagram, journalism, LinkedIn, mental health, mindfulness, Pinterest, psychology, social media, social networks, technology, Twitter, YouTube

Do you care about donuts? I did, once. I’m not so sure anymore. I used to love donuts, was passionate

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complexity emergence evaluation innovation 

Do you value (social) innovation?

March 5, 2014 Cameron D. Norman 228 Views book, Charles and Ray Eames, complexity, design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, innovation, Michael Quinn Patton, social innovation, social laboratories, social psychology, technology, Zaid Hassan

The term evaluation has at its root the term value and to evaluate innovation means to assess the value that

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business complexity design thinking evaluation innovation science & technology 

Developmental Design and The Innovator’s Mindset

August 16, 2013August 16, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 198 Views adaptation, Android, anthropology, Apple, attractor, Blackberry, complexity, design thinking, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, Globe and Mail, Google, innovation, Instagram, iPad, iPhone, iPod, leadership, mobile phones, multimedia, observation, photography, resilience, Samsung, Steve Jobs, strategy, systems thinking, technology, video, Vine

Blackberry, once the ‘must have’ device is no longer so and may no longer even exist. Looking back on how

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