Cense
@censemaking.bsky.social
Strategic design and health innovation studio that brings together systems thinking, behavioural science, data and evidence, and a human touch to addressing complex problems. https://linktr.ee/censemaking
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/11/09/the-practice-of-strategy/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
#strategicdesign #strategy…
https://censemaking.com/2025/11/09/the-practice-of-strategy/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/11/09/the-practice-of-strategy/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
#strategicdesign #strategy…
https://censemaking.com/2025/11/09/the-practice-of-strategy/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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
October 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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
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
https://censemaking.com/2025/08/07/caring-by-design/
#strategicdesign #care #design
https://censemaking.com/2025/08/07/caring-by-design/
August 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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
https://censemaking.com/2025/08/07/caring-by-design/
#strategicdesign #care #design
https://censemaking.com/2025/08/07/caring-by-design/
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
https://censemaking.com/2025/08/01/setting-the-table-the-making-of-strategy/
https://censemaking.com/2025/08/01/setting-the-table-the-making-of-strategy/
August 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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
https://censemaking.com/2025/08/01/setting-the-table-the-making-of-strategy/
https://censemaking.com/2025/08/01/setting-the-table-the-making-of-strategy/
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
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/24/design-driven-evaluation-and-strategic-design/
#strategicdesign #evaluation #innovation
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/24/design-driven-evaluation-and-strategic-design/
July 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/24/design-driven-evaluation-and-strategic-design/
#strategicdesign #evaluation #innovation
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/24/design-driven-evaluation-and-strategic-design/
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
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/18/strategic-foresight-and-design/
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/18/strategic-foresight-and-design/
July 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/18/strategic-foresight-and-design/
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/18/strategic-foresight-and-design/
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/11/systems-thinking-strategic-design-and-transformation/
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/11/systems-thinking-strategic-design-and-transformation/
July 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/11/systems-thinking-strategic-design-and-transformation/
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/11/systems-thinking-strategic-design-and-transformation/
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/03/strategic-design-bridging-complexity-planning-evaluation-for-impact/
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/03/strategic-design-bridging-complexity-planning-evaluation-for-impact/
July 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/03/strategic-design-bridging-complexity-planning-evaluation-for-impact/
https://censemaking.com/2025/07/03/strategic-design-bridging-complexity-planning-evaluation-for-impact/
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/26/leadership-for-complexity-humility-inquiry-and-agility/
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/26/leadership-for-complexity-humility-inquiry-and-agility/
June 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/26/leadership-for-complexity-humility-inquiry-and-agility/
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/26/leadership-for-complexity-humility-inquiry-and-agility/
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/14/strategy-for-leadership-by-design-a-brief-introduction/
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/14/strategy-for-leadership-by-design-a-brief-introduction/
June 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/14/strategy-for-leadership-by-design-a-brief-introduction/
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/14/strategy-for-leadership-by-design-a-brief-introduction/
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/10/from-complexity-to-action-the-role-of-strategy/
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/10/from-complexity-to-action-the-role-of-strategy/
June 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/10/from-complexity-to-action-the-role-of-strategy/
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/10/from-complexity-to-action-the-role-of-strategy/
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.
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/05/navigating-complexity-using-strategic-design/
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/05/navigating-complexity-using-strategic-design/
June 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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.
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/05/navigating-complexity-using-strategic-design/
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/05/navigating-complexity-using-strategic-design/
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.
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/03/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-complexity/
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/03/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-complexity/
June 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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.
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/03/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-complexity/
https://censemaking.com/2025/06/03/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-complexity/
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.
https://censemaking.com/2025/05/14/from-systems-change-to-transformation/
https://censemaking.com/2025/05/14/from-systems-change-to-transformation/
May 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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.
https://censemaking.com/2025/05/14/from-systems-change-to-transformation/
https://censemaking.com/2025/05/14/from-systems-change-to-transformation/
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?…
https://censemaking.com/2025/04/15/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?…
https://censemaking.com/2025/04/15/developmental-evaluation-and-strategy/
April 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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?…
https://censemaking.com/2025/04/15/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?…
https://censemaking.com/2025/04/15/developmental-evaluation-and-strategy/
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/03/08/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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/03/08/learning-is-not-a-luxury/
March 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/03/08/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…
https://censemaking.com/2025/03/08/learning-is-not-a-luxury/