Strategic designer, psychologist, evaluator & educator. Coffee ❤️. ⚽️ fan. Nerd. cdnorman @bsky.social
Toronto, ON Canada
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Time and the Linear Bend of Innovation Expectations censemaking.com/2021/08/13/t… #evaluation #complexity #innovation
Assessing the Impact of Design. A look at the role of evaluation and why designers can gain so much from a new way of approaching evidence designloft.substack.com/p/as…
If your New Years' resolutions are already starting to falter, maybe you need to tweak your design: Designing For Sustainable Change open.substack.com/pub/design… #strategicdesign #designforhealth #healthdesign
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.
Coaching isn’t a luxury or weakness. It’s how clarity is built in complexity.
See 2026 with new eyes.
Let’s talk: bit.ly/talkcense
We’re still dealing with gender based violence. Until it’s gone, we can’t stop. Today remember why censemaking.com/2025/12/06/r…
Health Innovation comes from knowing how to create something people pay attention to and works. The latest Design Loft lesson is on this connection: Distinctiveness and Design open.substack.com/pub/design… #healthinnovation #designthinking
Strategy as Design — Principles for Adaptive Leadership cense.ca/strategy-as-design-… via @censeltd
Why Designers and Evaluators Need to Speak Each Other’s Language (Especially in the Age of AI) medium.com/p/why-designers-a…
I just published The Invisible Cage: Why Your Good Intentions Can’t Compete With Bad Systems medium.com/p/the-invisible-c…
I love this piece -- it shows how we've convinced ourselves that a great meal or evening out is due to the chef. But it's the entire team. The greatest dish in the world cannot survive bad service monocle.com/travel/hospitali…
It was a real pleasure to speak about health literacy and technology with @anticancerca and use Instagram to do it instagram.com/reel/DPEWoYWDO…
Listening to this podcast episode from @Marketplace on 'algospeak' makes me think our language is devolving into an attention-driven toilet bowl along with everything else that's algorithm/attention driven podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
Cameron Norman retweeted
Good advice doesn’t always come from people close to you. It comes from people who want what's best for you.
When people are trying to influence you or please you, they tend to give biased suggestions.
The most reliable sources of wisdom are people who put your interests first.
“I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.” – Maya Angelou
What is strategic design and how does it bring together systems thinking, evaluation, planning and evaluation? Find out >
censemaking.com/2025/07/03/s… #systemsthinking #strategicdesign
“There’s no such things as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” – Scott Adams via @momentumdash
