The Cynefin Framework is central to Cognitive Edge methods and tools. It allows executives to see things from new viewpoints, assimilate complex concepts
Over the last few weeks following my CAST 2014 talk in New York, while the Stop 29119 campaign has been raging, I have been thinking more about some of the underlying issues.
A friend tweeted recently about how it isn’t always possible to decide late on which product to use for data storage as different products often force an application to use different patterns…
The Cynefin Review Part 5 – The Complicated Domain The Complicated Domain is where most people seem to think they are in modern organisations. Entering it from the Complex domain, again on the red line, is a good step for exploiting a situation. The intention is to get the best minds on the problem
Cynefin is a Welsh word, which as a noun means "haunt, usual abode" or "habitat" and as an adjective "customary, habitual, familiar, usual, ordinary". The term was chosen by the Welsh scholar Dave Snowden to describe a perspective on the evolutionary nature of complex systems, including their inherent uncertainty ("The Cynefin framework").
How do you make a choice when possible solutions vary? How do you behave in an extraordinary situation? How do you structure complex activities? All these situ…
Our efforts to improve software development face the question what to focus on. Should we govern for predictability without concern of value, maximizing cost-efficiency without concern for end-to-end responsiveness?
Short notice I know but we are all in town this week for training. So the plan is to be around 1900 on Wednesday evening for drinks and a meal: you buy your own unless someone wants to host and sponsor. Updates on the new Cynefin Centre, participative programmes on Project Management and Citizen Engagement plus much more. Somewhere near Edgware Roa...
Cynefin is a framework for making sense of the world and its problems; for understanding where outcomes are predictable, where they might emerge in time, and where…
As developers, our job is finding solutions to problems. Finding a good solution to a problem that has not yet been solved will give the business a tremendous advantage over its competitors. This i…
Cynefin – The Sense Making Framework – Part 1 This is a new series on Cynefin and the Sense Making Framework that shares what I learnt on the 4-day course with David Snowden and Tony Quinlan.
A talk given at the Melbourne Cynefin meetup. A set of riffs on how to facilitate teams exploring the Complex Domain. Will Evans explores the convergence of p…
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