Dave Snowden's work is well accepted and has become the gold standard for explaining complexity in knowledge work and how to navigate it best.

Dave is not a fan of systems thinking, particularly the idea of fixed big goals, mental models, and the idea that there is a known link between cause and effect for complex work.

Dave's influence extends to both industry and government, making him a prominent figure in the field. His social media posts have the potential to significantly impact the credibility of others' work, a power he may wish to wield more often, given the prevalence of misinformation.

Suppose Cynefin is like a leadership decision-making compass helping us determine how best to respond to the current situation. In that case, Estuarine Mapping is like a satellite navigation system offering hints about possible routes and alternative routes with associated currently known obstacles in the direction of travel.

Future Backwards and Ritual Dissent serve as valuable tools to test our plans before we become too invested in them, ensuring we make informed decisions.

Hexi Kits help us decompose what we have, select it, and recombine it in the next right way for the context.

Cynefin - Weaving Sense-Making into the Fabric of Our World

ISBN
ISBN-10: 1735379905 / ISBN-13: 978-1735379906

• Dave Snowden

Description
The Cynefin® sense-making Framework, the brainchild of innovative thinker Dave Snowden, has never been more needed.

The Framework empowers leaders across organizations, governments, and local communities to work with uncertainty – to navigate complexity, create resilience, and thrive. As Snowden says, “The Framework guides us to make sense of the world so that we can skillfully act in it.”

Come with us on the remarkable journey of Cynefin, a framework that enables people from all walks of life to improve – their situation, work, business, relationships, and environment.

Cynefin practitioners share their wisdom, applications, and experiences using the Framework across healthcare, leadership facilitation, organizational behavior, safety, software development, strategy, and well-being. You’ll discover how to ‘ride the rapids of complexity’ and find grace, power, and inexplicable opportunity.

Other content contributions by Milica Begovic, Elmi Bester, Chris Bolton, Mary E. Boone, Greg Brougham, Anne Caspari & Johann Entz-von Zerssen, Chris Corrigan, Jennifer Garvey-Berger, Carolyn Coughlin, Keith Johnston & Jim Wicks, Friso Gosliga, Riva Greenberg & Boudewijn Bertsch, Lou Hayes Jr., Steve Holt, Trent Hone, Harold Jarche, Iwan Jenkins, Alicia Juarrero, Gabriel Jurj, Liz Keogh, Marion Kiely & Ellie Snowden, Robert Koch, Steve McCrone & Ian Snape, Anne McMurray, Anna Panagiotou, Ann Pendleton-Jullian, Vivienne (Viv) Read, Kendra Rosencrans, Peter Stanbridge, John Turner & Nigel Thurlow, Jesko von den Steinen, Juanita Uribe & Andrés Jiménez, Simon Wardley, Gary Wong & Michael Cheveldave, and Jules Yim.