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Design for Human Spaces

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 475 Views beauty, design, design thinking, innovation, learning, organizational aesthetics, psychology, wellbeing

Our environment shapes our individual and collective behaviour so designing how it functions matters a lot. Behavioural science has a

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Beautiful Work

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Cameron D. Norman 588 Views aesthetics, creativity, design, employee engagement, health promotion, wellbeing, workplace

Making your world and work beautiful has tangible benefits for performance and wellbeing. It’s not trivia to focus on aesthetics.

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Talking About Mental Health at Work

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1256 Views health, health promotion, mental health, podcast, wellbeing, workplace

Our mental health and well-being affect our work above everything. Taking care of ourselves is not an option; it’s essential.

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What’s in your baggage?

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 3142 Views adaptation, compassion, complexity, design thinking, emotional baggage, evaluation, love, mindful organizations, mindfulness, psychology, reflective practice, strategy, systems thinking, wellbeing, work

Social and emotional baggage is what we bring with us and, like the real thing, it’s all in what we

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Mental health: talking and listening

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 897 Views Canada, design, emergence, mental health, Paul Antrobus, psychology, social media, wellbeing

Innovation might be doing things different to produce value, but there’s little value if we as a society are not

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Happy Holidays Everyone

December 24, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 420 Views gratitude, happiness, holidays, psychology, wellbeing

Happy Holidays to you all. Thanks to all my readers and those who have shared what they learn with me

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Marketing the Narrative of Complexity

July 6, 2012 Cameron D. Norman 612 Views complex adaptive systems, complexity, data visualization, design fiction, Dr. McCoy, fiction, health, healthcare, marketing, narrative, science, science fiction, Star Trek, storytelling, technology, tricorder, weather, wellbeing

Complexity, by its very nature, is not a simple concept to communicate, yet it is increasingly becoming one that will

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Mindful Navigation of Complexity and Social Media

July 4, 2012 Cameron D. Norman 658 Views Buddhify, Clay Shirky, complexity, contemplative inquiry, health behaviour change, information, Marshall McLuhan, media, media ecology, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Mitch Joel, news, psychology, social media, wellbeing

If we are to mindfully design our social media ecology and do it in a manner that promotes empathy and connection, rather than overwhelms us; engenders learning and insight over simple content absorption; and promotes creativity and innovation rather than just talks about it, we need to answer the question more intently and act accordingly.

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Feeding the Right Beast: A Healthy Information Diet?

January 7, 2010December 30, 2011 Cameron D. Norman 677 Views behaviour change, cognition, decision making, food, health, information overload, mindfulness, neuroscience, psychology, science, social media, wellbeing

Many are focusing on food and health this January, but what about our information diets and cognitive health? The possible cost of consuming the wrong things and the need for mindful approaches to information are discussed.

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e(un)Health

August 25, 2009August 25, 2009 Cameron D. Norman 516 Views communication, eHealth, health, ICT, information overload, information technology, psychology, systems, time poverty, wellbeing

Is the ‘e’ part of eHealth working at cross purposes with our wellbeing? The speed, volume and complexity of information online and the myriad ways we access such information may be leading to new types of illnesses and problems as it solves others.