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Models, Frameworks, and Theories (Oh, My!)

March 7, 2022March 15, 2022 Cameron D. Norman 450 Views 0 Comments complexity, design, design thinking, evaluation, evidence, innovation, theory

Models, frameworks and theories are meant to guide what we do, yet they can also obscure what needs doing. The

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Time for Design Thinking to Grow Up

August 6, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 1072 Viewsdesign, design science, design thinking, evaluation, evidence, research, social psychology, theory

Design thinking is ready to evolve to the next stage with evidence, case studies, definitions and theories. We look at the current state of the science, art, and practice.

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Getting Out of Our Heads

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1422 Viewsart, beauty, behaviour change, cognition, cognitive science, H.L. Mencken, health behaviour change, health psychology, John Wenger, Leonardo da Vinci, organizational aesthetics, psychology, sociodrama, strategic foresight, strategy, theory

Too much change psychology focuses on the way we think. Sometimes creating change requires we get out of our heads.

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Conflicted Interests

July 12, 2019July 13, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1095 Viewsbehaviour change, creativity, discovery, innovation, learning, psychology, rationality, Robert Scott Root-Bernstein, science, theory

Shifting outcomes requires shifts in our thinking about what works The science journal Nature recently published a thought piece looking

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Beyond Bullshit for Design Thinking

October 4, 2017September 24, 2018 Cameron D. Norman 3809 Viewsagile, design, design sprint, design thinking, evaluation, innovation, lean methodology, theory

Design thinking is in its ‘bullshit’ phase, a time characterized by wild hype, popularity and little evidence of what it

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Developmental Evaluation and Complexity

January 10, 2014 Cameron D. Norman 1358 Viewscomplexity, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, innovation, Neil Johnson, qualitative research, quantitative research, research methods, science, social innovation, theory

Developmental evaluation is an approach (much like design thinking) to program assessment and valuation in domains of high complexity, change,

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Hacking the Classroom: Beyond Design Thinking

April 6, 2013April 6, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 529 Viewscreativity, design, design thinking, education, hacking, learning, theory

A nice summation of what Design Thinking is and how its been applied elsewhere with an eye towards education. This

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Design: A Stance for Competitive Advantage

May 7, 2010May 25, 2012 Cameron D. Norman 806 Viewsarts, design, design thinking, education, learning, theory

Design thinking may be more of a stance than a theory or method and Roger Martin’s recent talk on design thinking illustrates how teaching and encouraging new ways of viewing problems may provide better ways of solving them.

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Design’s Inspiring Possibility

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Systems Thinking Practice: Starting Out

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