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This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. Over at our sister site Censemaking we wrapped up a series called Design for Humans. The focus of the series was on different considerations that we must make in the process of designing useful, impactful things for the world around us. Strangely enough, […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. What if innovation was like epidemiology? What if we wanted to understand the source, scope, scale, and spread of an idea or product? That’s one way that we think about the innovation process. Innovation – like a virus — is similar to infectious […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. Multimedia visualizations are powerful ways to convey a lot of information in a small space and with little time. The use of a visual — a map, a drawing, a picture, sketch, or collage — provides layers of information beyond words. When dealing […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. A systems map is a useful means of visualizing connections between ideas, actors, institutions, and activities. Systems maps can be designed using many different conventions and methods, but the basics are the same. The point of mapping systems is to get a lot […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. Have you ever asked questions about your organization’s identity before? Who are you? What do you stand for? What kind of things motivate you to action and direct your attention? The answers to all of these questions shape what we do in our […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. Two powerful approaches to creating healthy habits are to bundle or stack behaviours together, by design. If we can learn to connect what we do in small ways to other things we can make big changes more easily. For innovators seeking and making […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. Innovation work from identifying problems in need of solutions, generating ideas, creating things, and simply providing the inspiration and mutual support for doing the work often requires gathering. Whether it is face-to-face, online, or some hybrid option the same general rules apply for […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. The power of perspective is one of the things that differentiates high output and impact innovators from others. It’s easy to get lucky or have good timing, but it’s another to create value when those things don’t happen. One of the ways we […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. One of the most profound, fun, and engaging techniques for creating an attractive service or product design is oddly focused on the exact opposite: Designing for Awful. How to use this This strategy is as simple as it is effective. When workshopping ideas […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. No one can see the future, but we can gain a glimpse of what might come and how what we are doing today might take us there by using this technique or tool called The Long Now. The Long Now involves taking an […]