Sun 3 Jan 2010
Introduction to Cynefin
Posted by April K. Mills under Uncategorized
[2] Comments
Post Updated (4 January – based on a comment):
On Tuesday, when Steve Holt showed me David Snowden’s Cynefin model, the model intrigued me. If you’ve read my Motivation Perspective file, you’ll know I love a good model.
Since Tuesday, between parties, other posts and a sledding trip, I’ve been unable to get Cynefin out of my mind. Unable to do any actual reading on the topic, I used my short burst of time to chase down a few links in the hope that I’ll be able to paw through the info this week.
I’ve found David Snowden, multi-ontology sense making (yes, that term is supposed to scare you on first look), cynefin (a Welsh word) cognitive edge methods and a wiki too.
If you’re interesting in learning more about Mr. Snowden and his work, you can click through the links above, or find them all neatly stacked at my new Delicious hosted links page.
[Note: For all of you with an Input strength, you'll love the linking and sharing features at Delicious.]
The easiest article to read is “A Leader’s Guide to Decision Making”, Harvard Business Review, Nov. 2007 although the wikipedia page has a better drawing.
Its a five domain model by the way not a 2by2!
http://hbr.org/product/a-leader-s-framework-for-decision-making-hbr-org/an/R0711C-PDF-ENG?N=516164
Mr. Snowden – Thank you for joining the discussion. I’m honestly humbled to have you here.
I’ve updated the post based on your comment, to correct my error regarding your model. My mother taught me to admit when I’m wrong and I do apologize for misrepresenting your model.
I’ll read the HBR article soon and I look forward to reading and posting more.
Thanks again for commenting.