Cameron Norman

How sad. What a career and what laughs she brought us along the way.

Navigating Complexity: Insights from History and Wisdom Explore how complexity challenges our understanding in today's world, drawing insights from historians and the nature of wisdom in 2026.

What happens when the wisdom we need isn't helping us understand where we are. How complexity thinking can help us at least see where the folly is censemaking.com/2026/01/29/w...

Making Sense of Systems An introduction to the Cynefin Framework

The Cynefin Framework is a great place to start your exploration of complexity in systems in order to design better things

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OCAD U’s Winter Design Festival is on 🎉 A celebration of creativity + innovation across design, with panels, presentations & community connection. This winter spotlights Environmental Design, Industrial Design & Material Art and Design.
Events + details: www.ocadu.ca/news/winter-...

What a gift - thanks, Guy.

When privacy declines, so does democracy. Free for five days. www.amazon.de/-/en/Guy-Kaw...

I can't say enough about how much I like @milanote.bsky.social as a resource. It's one of the few tools that balances an ordered, text-oriented approach to organizing things with a visual, fluid and flexible way of adding and creating. #tools #tips

Cram AI into your product.

#webcomics #comicsky

Great interview. Lots to learn about resiliency, hope, and bravery. Practical as it is inspirational. Thanks for another great interview @guykawasaki.bsky.social

Transforming Strategy: Embrace Strategic Design for Success Discover how strategic design transforms planning by embracing adaptability, alignment, and continuous learning for complex systems.

What is Strategic Design and why does it matter to what we're looking to accomplish in advancing health and social impact? This post from @censemaking.bsky.social profiles it www.cense.ca/strategy-as-... #strategicdesign

High-performing people don’t go it alone.

Athletes, artists, chess masters all rely on coaches—people who see what they can’t.

Leaders in health & social impact are no different.

It’s how clarity is built in complexity. See 2026 with new eyes.

Let’s talk: bit.ly/talkcense

Calling emerging artists (18–29)! 🎨 @dxcsummit.bsky.social + OCAD U, with the EU Delegation to Canada, invite youth artists from Canada & the EU to exhibit on opening night at #DemocracyXChange2026. Apply by Feb. 2. Learn more: www.ocadu.ca/news/open-ca...

I'm not a fan of the trend toward line-based writing. I really don't like reading an article that's 25 separate lines. Paragraphs worked for centuries; very few writers are so profound that their prose requires distinct separation of every sentence.

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee

The Year in Pictures | The Local The Local’s editors pick our favourite images of 2025

We’re celebrating a year of visual firsts at The Local, including @chloeellingson.bsky.social joining our team as Visuals Editor! From cormorants, to near-alien landscapes, to up-close moments from local storytelling, here are some of our favourite photos from 2025:

“Creativity is contagious, so pass it on.” – Albert Einstein via @momentumdash.bsky.social

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Predictions for 2026 Pantone Colour of the Year

The countdown is on! Pantone announces its "2026 Colour of the Year" next week. We asked seven #OCADU faculty members for their predictions. What’s your pick? Learn more: bit.ly/4roe5YU

We don’t want this. Yet the void still seems to call for some reason. We humans are very odd creatures.

Maliyah's Hike in Support of Sinai Health We are raising the bar for our 5th annual event to hike 110 km with a goal to raise $30,000 in support of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Mount Sinai Hospital, part of Sinai Health. We hike...

For those in #toronto or just who care about strong pediatric and neonatal care, and want to celebrate a great effort. This weekend is Maliyah's Hike, a 115 km trek around the city by a group of ardent supporters of Mount Sinai's neonatal program. Please donate give.supportsinai.ca/event/maliya...

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Will Durant via @momentumdash.bsky.social

Developmental Evaluation: The Promise, The Pitfalls Developmental Evaluation (DE) offers immense potential for those working in product and service design, aiming to weave innovation’s…

Developmental evaluation is about learning as you go to support the work you do when things are uncertain, dynamic, and innovation is key. There are a lot of pitfalls and promises in the approach; proceed with caution (and optimism). #eval #innovation #strategicdesign

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Designing for Human Wellbeing in an AI-Driven World Explore how AI influences design in health and human services, emphasizing the importance of intention and strategic design in an evolving landscape.

Beyond Algorithms: Why AI Can't Replace Strategic Design www.cense.ca/beyond-algor...

What does it mean to design in the age of AI? That's what I tackled in my latest Design Loft lesson. It's not about how to use it, but what we might gain and lose when we design with AI, without it, and for it. #designthinking

The absolute relentless stream of sports betting ads or money transfer ads ahead of Premier League games in Canada makes any pre-game viewing unwatchable

When AI got emotional, spiritual, and completely unserious Signal Brief | Oct 2025: AI stopped being a tool and started playing a role.

When AI got emotional, spiritual, and completely unserious
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My colleagues at @utoronto.ca have alerted us faculty to the list of predatory journals out there, and I was shocked at how big that list is 😳https://www.predatoryjournals.org/the-list/publishers . We've always had dodgy stuff in academia, but the industrial scale of this BS is unreal.

“The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.” – Alexandra K. Trenfor via @momentumdash.bsky.social

I Deleted My Second Brain Why I Erased 10,000 Notes, 7 Years of Ideas, and Every Thought I Tried to Save

Is our second brain — and the reams of physical and digital notes we carry with us through life worth getting rid of? As an idea and reflection ”hoarder” (and sharer) I can relate the question: What am I doing with all of this stuff? www.joanwestenberg.com/p/i-deleted-...

“Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions.” – Marcus Aurelius via @momentumdash.bsky.social