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@censemaking.bsky.social
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Strategic design and health innovation studio that brings together systems thinking, behavioural science, data and evidence, and a human touch to addressing complex problems. linktr.ee/censemaking

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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Design requires behaviour change -- because that's what converts someone to use our new thing. If we wish to change health conditions, we need to think like designers and psychologists. Here's a short introduction: designloft.substack.com #change #strategicdesign
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Are you planning for your fall and the convening (or reconvening) of your research or practice network after the summer? The welcome, connection, and curation space for new and old member is a vital part of this process. Be the networking host people want. Need help? www.cense.ca
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Design is a participation sport. If you're creating things and innovating within the health sector -- meaning, you're looking to create change -- you need to get involved. Passive approaches don't work. No theoretical designers. #designforhealth #innovation #creativity
Picture of two birds painted on a garage door with the words: Unrealized Imagination on it. The title of the image includes the phrase Designing For Complexity requires getting our hands dirty
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Design is about putting form to your ideas. Innovation is about taking an novel idea and putting it into practice. Design is the discipline of innovation. Innovation is what brings change to what we do -- improvements, ideas, and transformation. And it's hopeful, too! #strategicdesign
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Designing for health begins with two key questions. Here's looking at Who? and why that question yields more than just information about users. #designforhealth #strategicdesign
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We're obsessed with the creative individual, not the creative organization. Tips, tricks, tools & techniques won't save you if your culture can't support thinking differently together. Systems over self-help. #strategicdesign #creativity linktr.ee/censemaking
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The complexity of the present day has echoes of COVID-19 -- we can learn lessons from then to apply to today's complex world. censemaking.com/2026/04/08/to-live-…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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… censemaking.com/2026/01/29/when-com…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Want to resist the algorithmic prison that our feeds have become? It might be time to check your email. censemaking.com/2026/01/16/algorith…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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… censemaking.com/2025/11/09/the-prac…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
We design strategy, impact assessment, and implementation plans into every strategic plan we create. You can do more than just fit your work into a logic model. We can help -- let's talk if you want our help bit.ly/talkcense #strategicdesign
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Designing care into your organization is not about being nice, it's about setting yourself up to be high-performing, innovative, and complexity-ready. #strategicdesign #care #design censemaking.com/2025/08/07/caring-b…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
In the last post of the summer series on strategic design and complexity we put it all together and set the table for what we hope will be a wonderful meal. Happy Summer! #strategicdesign #complexity #systemsthinking censemaking.com/2025/08/01/setting-…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Design-driven evaluation is a way to embed learning into your organization, prime yourself for innovation, and build in a compass for navigating complexity. #strategicdesign #evaluation #innovation censemaking.com/2025/07/24/design-d…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Foresight is one of the features of strategic design that sets it apart from traditional plans, by helping you envision futures and the systems needed to get you there. #strategicdesign #foresight #systemsthinking censemaking.com/2025/07/18/strategi…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
How do we connect systems thinking with our intentions? Strategic design is the means to connect where we're sailing to, our journey and where we dock and this is where we connect it together. #strategicdesign… censemaking.com/2025/07/11/systems-…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
What does strategic design look like? It's about connecting intention, imagination, production and learning using systems thinking to achieve sustained change. In this article, we look at what… censemaking.com/2025/07/03/strategi…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Strategic design will always require leadership to translate ideas, inspiration and strategy into action. In complex conditions, this means setting a leadership course that involves humility, agility, and… censemaking.com/2025/06/26/leadersh…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Strategy making is the intentional way of charting your ship across the seas of complexity and arriving safe and sound. In this latest in the Censemaking summer series, I take a closer look at the strategy… censemaking.com/2025/06/14/strategy…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The metaphor of sailing is a way to articulate what strategy is (and what it isn't). Complexity requires us to explore strategy and navigate it differently than with mechanical systems. In this post, we look at what… censemaking.com/2025/06/10/from-com…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
What are some practical ways to address complexity? In this second post in our Summer Series, we look at the metaphor of navigation and how it applies to complexity and taking strategic action, by design. censemaking.com/2025/06/05/navigati…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Dealing with complexity first means knowing what it is. In this first post in the 2025 Summer Series dealing with all we're dealing with, I begin with a look at complexity. censemaking.com/2025/06/03/what-we-…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Is it time to retire the term systems change? It might be worth considering. Just look at a butterfly and we might see a new idea take flight. censemaking.com/2025/05/14/from-sys…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Developmental Evaluation and Strategy When undertaking strategic planning for organizations operating in the complex space of health and human services, how do you account for creating meaningful ways to learn and adapt?… censemaking.com/2025/04/15/developm…
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Cense @censemaking.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Learning is Not a Luxury In times of uncertainty, disruption, and change it's easy to view intentional learning as a luxury. It is not. Complexity -- situations when the relations between causes and consequences are unclear and dynamic… censemaking.com/2025/03/08/learning…
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