A CENSE of Discovery

When we reimagine what a health system could look like from scratch, we invite conversations that lead us to places we wouldn't go to otherwise. This is the gift of design futures.

Complexity sets traps as it tells stories. Moving faster doesn't tell them better, but gets us to add more complexity, not less.

What does does designing for classroom complexity look like?

Classroom complexity brings together policy, practice, and design challenges for those seeking to make education and learning more effective. I'm exploring what this looks like, and why it's not a simple fix.

Strategy and preparedness in health systems can learn from other contexts like the recent incident in Finland where one of the most prepared countries in the world missed something that was right under their nose.

The complexity of the present day has echoes of COVID-19 -- we can learn lessons from then to apply to today's complex world.

If we design for impact, but don't evaluate our work, what impact did we have? That's not a frivolous question. Evaluation is the pathway to understanding impact and ensuring that the designs we make create and promote health, not harm it.

Learning in Complex Contexts with Design-Driven Evaluation

Weakness of Strong Signals

When wisdom seems thin, and complexity seems high. What way do find through it all? My thoughts on what happens when we go past our ability to make sense of where we are and our place in a complex world.

Want to resist the algorithmic prison that our feeds have become? It might be time to check your email.

Happy holidays and may the season bring the best out of the tension of light and darkness, hope and fear, and rest and energy.

Remembrance and Care

Strategic design for complexity involves stumbling, fumbling and moving forward all at the same time -- but it can still get you to where you need to go. #complexity #strategy #strategicdesign

A SWOT analysis, used well, can be a helpful way to engage your team in strategic thinking and strategy making. We explore how.

What does it mean to create or make strategy? If you're creating a healthier future, you'll want to read this and consider how to build your strategy, by design. #strategicdesign #strategy #design

Learning where AI helps, what it gives up, and how knowing the two makes the difference. What do you want from your designs? We explore intentions to actions.