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Disruption and Stability

April 7, 2021 Cameron D. Norman 458 Viewsbrainstorming, design, innovation, psychology, work, workplace

How to design when we are massively disrupted and still left with this persistent feeling of sameness? Contrast captures our

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Deception and Labels

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 Cameron D. Norman 1068 Viewsdemographics, failure, future of work, identity, innovation, label, measurement, psychology, research, work

Labels can shape the behaviour they describe, affecting our research. Knowing when labels describes or shapes actions makes a difference.

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What’s in your baggage?

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 4286 Viewsadaptation, 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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Kindness Confusion in Collaboration and Co-creation

August 26, 2013August 26, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 829 ViewsBasadur profile, behavioural science, co-creation, co-work, collaboration, complexity, contemplative inquiry, cooperation, evolution, evolutionary psychology, kindness, leadership, Min Basadur, Mindful Magazine, mindfulness, personality, psychology, psychometric assessment, social innovation, Susan Cain, TED, wicked problems, work

An emerging look at evolutionary behaviour is suggesting that we are better suited for survival by working together than in competition. This cooperation imperative has been called “survival of the kindness” which risks lumping affective social generosity and goodwill with effectiveness and desirability and, in doing so, risks the entire enterprise of collaboration-based efforts.