The Beatles’ song made legendary by Joe Cocker speaks of getting by with a little help from our friends. The role of friends — associates, collaborators, trusted allies, partners — is vital to making innovation happen. The myths about change-makers and innovators are many: The self-made woman/man, the great innovator, the great mind who works […]
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In this second in a short series on change-making fundamentals, we look at the role of knowledge. This was covered in the second episode of Censemaking: The Innovation Podcast. Knowing and Doing There is an unspoken assumption that ‘to know is to do‘ anchoring knowledge to change. Yet, as evidence shows all around us (just
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Change through design is the fundamental feature of innovation. This page and the innovation toolkit that it’s a part of are one of the ways we seek to share our experience of innovation. Innovation is very natural, but also something we can learn. To provide alternative ways to learn about innovation and change-making we’ve launched
What does it mean to take Design Thinking and actually apply it in the world? This was the subject of a series of webinars hosted by the Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement. The webinars featured Co-CEO Liz Weaver speaking with Cense Ltd. President Cameron Norman. In this first in a series of posts, we outline
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When we are in a complex situation with much going on dividing our experience into halves is not often useful. How often have you encountered an either/or situation where neither option is particularly attractive? Thinking in triads is far more useful for understanding complex situations. One of the simplest ways to do this is to
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