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Doing Nothing: An Innovation Paradox

July 14, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 687 Views 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.

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Amplification and Impact

December 5, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 785 Views 5G technology, AI, business, change, communication, complexity, data, design, developmental design, developmental evaluation, evaluation, feedback, innovation, learning, marketing, marketing complexity, mobile phones, Pareto distribution, Peloton, sensemaking, social media, technology, transformation

Transformations are easier to understand retrospectively, not in real time. New technologies are about to upend that, forever. It is

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Evolutionary Innovation: How We Transform

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 816 Views biology, developmental design, evolutionary innovation, innovation, learning, transformation

Innovation is often portrayed as dramatic, disruptive processes and outcomes. That perception might be keeping us from making real transformations.

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Same and Different

June 10, 2019June 12, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 893 Views basketball, culture, data, ethnography, health, organizational change, research methods, sleep, sport, Toronto, toronto raptors, transformation

Our ability to affect change in organizations and systems is based heavily on our assumptions about similarities and differences between

Will, Intentions and Change: Connecting them to create real change, not just words. #psychology #change bit.ly/3eGj9EO 11 hours ago
"I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it."- Bea Arthur (born this day in 1922) 19 hours ago
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." —Martin Luther King Jr. 19 hours ago
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”Walt Disney. Vision and strategy requires imagination. 1 day ago
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