The Cynefin Framework

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This article will introduce the Cynefin framework and its underlying practices, which can be used for sense- and decision making in a complex and complicated world. The framework is developed by David J. Snowden (born 1 April 1954), and is used by leaders to determine operative context so they can make appropriate choices.  
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This article will introduce the Cynefin framework and its underlying practices, which can be used for sense- and decision making in a complex and complicated world. <ref name="HBR"/> The framework is developed by David J. Snowden (born 1 April 1954), and is used by leaders to determine operative context so they can make appropriate choices.  
  
 
The Cynefin framework splits the issues that faces leaders into five contexts; <b>simple, complicated, complex, chaotic and disorder</b>. Each of which requires different approaches to leadership style.
 
The Cynefin framework splits the issues that faces leaders into five contexts; <b>simple, complicated, complex, chaotic and disorder</b>. Each of which requires different approaches to leadership style.
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=Additional reading=
 
=Additional reading=
*Harvard business review: Snowden, David J., and Mary E. Boone. "A leader's framework for decision making."
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*Harvard business review: Snowden, David J., and Mary E. Boone. "A leader's framework for decision making." <ref name="HBR">Snowden, David J., and Mary E. Boone. "A leader's framework for decision making." harvard business review 85.11 (2007): 68.</ref>
 
*Cynefin 101, an article by Greg Brougham http://www.infoq.com/articles/cynefin-introduction  
 
*Cynefin 101, an article by Greg Brougham http://www.infoq.com/articles/cynefin-introduction  
 
*The new dynamics of strategy: sense-making in a complex and complicated world http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~brooks/storybiz/kurtz.pdf  
 
*The new dynamics of strategy: sense-making in a complex and complicated world http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~brooks/storybiz/kurtz.pdf  
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*Article: Elford, W. (2012). A multi-ontology view of ergonomics: applying the Cynefin Framework to improve theory and practice. Work, 41, 812.
 
*Article: Elford, W. (2012). A multi-ontology view of ergonomics: applying the Cynefin Framework to improve theory and practice. Work, 41, 812.
  
<ref name="Perry">Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.</ref>
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The Cynefin Framework

This article will introduce the Cynefin framework and its underlying practices, which can be used for sense- and decision making in a complex and complicated world. [1] The framework is developed by David J. Snowden (born 1 April 1954), and is used by leaders to determine operative context so they can make appropriate choices.

The Cynefin framework splits the issues that faces leaders into five contexts; simple, complicated, complex, chaotic and disorder. Each of which requires different approaches to leadership style.


Contents

History

The Cynefin model

  • Simple contexts (known knowns)
  • Complicated contexts (known unknowns)
  • Complex contexts (unknown unknowns)
  • Chaotic contexts (unknowable unknowns)
  • Disorder (not determined)

Examples of contexts

  • Examples of simple contexts
  • Examples of complicated contexts
  • Examples of Complex contexts
  • Examples of Chaotic contexts
  • Examples of Disorder

Examples of uses

  • Cynefin used in Ergonomics

Criticism

  • Critical reviews of the Cynefin Framework
  • Risk of oversimplifying the problems

Additional reading


Bibliography

  1. 1.0 1.1 Snowden, David J., and Mary E. Boone. "A leader's framework for decision making." harvard business review 85.11 (2007): 68.
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