Cynefin - Weaving Sense-Making into the Fabric of Our World
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- Author：Dave Snowden
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Summary
The Cynefin® sense-making Framework， 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 21-year journey of Cynefin， a framework that enables people from all walks of life to improve – their situation， their work， their business， their relationships， and their 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 not only ‘ride the rapids of complexity，’ but find in so doing， grace， power， and inexplicable opportunity。
Reviews
Sergey Kuntsevich
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Book of references。 Nothing more， nothing less。 The book broadens the understanding scope of application of this framework （Cynefin）， but it doesn't worth paying money。 Book of references。 Nothing more， nothing less。 The book broadens the understanding scope of application of this framework （Cynefin）， but it doesn't worth paying money。 。。。more
Bruno
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Don't expect a Guide on the Framework， and you'll love it。 Don't expect a Guide on the Framework， and you'll love it。 。。。more
Tuija Aalto
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An extended birthday card to the Cynefin framework， and an hommage to its founding father David Snowden， this book is more a picture of a tightly interwowen community of practitioners than an intoduction to a valuable decision support theory。 If you are familiar with the Cynefin model， you will enjoy these personal narratives， if you aren’t， you`re better off getting to know this branch of complexity theory online first。 An extended birthday card to the Cynefin framework， and an hommage to its founding father David Snowden， this book is more a picture of a tightly interwowen community of practitioners than an intoduction to a valuable decision support theory。 If you are familiar with the Cynefin model， you will enjoy these personal narratives， if you aren’t， you`re better off getting to know this branch of complexity theory online first。 。。。more
Mario Sailer
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This book is about Cynefin， but if you expect to get a better grip on the framework or some background information， you probably will be disappointed。 The book is more or less hailing and praising David Snowden and his Cynefin Framework with a lot of narratives。 Some of them I found interesting and useful， most of them not。 Overall I found it superficial with only two or three narratives that provided a bit more background information on how the framework actually helped in sense-making （apart f This book is about Cynefin， but if you expect to get a better grip on the framework or some background information， you probably will be disappointed。 The book is more or less hailing and praising David Snowden and his Cynefin Framework with a lot of narratives。 Some of them I found interesting and useful， most of them not。 Overall I found it superficial with only two or three narratives that provided a bit more background information on how the framework actually helped in sense-making （apart from clustering problems into the four plus problem spaces of Cynefin）。 Speaking about narratives: Some of the contributions point to SenseMaker， a tool to analyze narratives in an organization without going deeper into the fact。 German speaking folks interested in narratives， management of complexity and change management， I would suggest the book "Erfolgreiches Managment von Intabilität" from Peter Kruse， which I found more compelling。 Or just read Dave Snowdens blogs and papers 。。。 。。。more
Altuğ Bilgin Altıntaş
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Some stories are good， some of them are nonsense。
Phil D。
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I am a fan of the Cynefin framework but this book does not live up the expectation。 The first part - explaining the framework - is worth reading。 The second part of the book is a collection of stories applying the framework。 Some are more informational than others， some not worth reading。 I tend to 3 stars but because of the framework， I choose 4。
Greg Githens
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I first learned of Cynefin in 2007 through the article in HBR。 I immediately saw its potential for enhancing strategic thinking and began to share it in my strategic thinking workshops and coaching。Cynefin provides strategic thinkers an excellent tool for sensing reality and making sense of it。 Rather than the too-often idealized and oversimplified notion of strategy as vision， mission， etc。， it helps strategists recognize the role emergence， and from that the importance of experimenting with sa I first learned of Cynefin in 2007 through the article in HBR。 I immediately saw its potential for enhancing strategic thinking and began to share it in my strategic thinking workshops and coaching。Cynefin provides strategic thinkers an excellent tool for sensing reality and making sense of it。 Rather than the too-often idealized and oversimplified notion of strategy as vision， mission， etc。， it helps strategists recognize the role emergence， and from that the importance of experimenting with safe-to-fail probes。 In complex systems， it is better to think of strategy as something starts with sensing weak signals followed by crafting of better – sometimes novel – logics and resources。 The core task for strategic thinkers is to find “the evolutionary potential in the present。” Strategy continues to emphasize the leadership of setting direction but also accepts the discomfort of ambiguity。This book has greatly enriched my practice of facilitation， coaching， and thought leadership。 Long awaited and highly recommended！ 。。。more
Anastasia Butova-nikishina
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Worth reading and buying Mostly it’s difficult to understand Dave， but in this book you’ll find not theory but bunch of examples how different people use cynefin framework in their experience。 I highly recommend this book worth its money and time for reading
Hugh MASON
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I’m a huge fan of the Cybefin framework， as I can understand it from friends who have been on the courses and articles that set out its principles。 So I was looking forward to a definitive book that helps me to explain to students and mentees when they might find the model useful。 Instead this feels like a missed opportunity and I suspect that others coming fresh to the subject， or on the edge of the Cynefin world like me， might feel the same。It’s certainly a privilege to share the warmth and ca I’m a huge fan of the Cybefin framework， as I can understand it from friends who have been on the courses and articles that set out its principles。 So I was looking forward to a definitive book that helps me to explain to students and mentees when they might find the model useful。 Instead this feels like a missed opportunity and I suspect that others coming fresh to the subject， or on the edge of the Cynefin world like me， might feel the same。It’s certainly a privilege to share the warmth and camaraderie of a community that clearly feels great affection and gratitude to Dave Snowden。 The sincerity of that affection is clear and there are some useful vignettes of experience and elucidation。 However the overall effect is more like dropping in on a retirement valedictory for a much loved colleague than something that will enlighten an outsider。Aha， I hear disciples say to themselves- the mystery is all part of it！ You came looking for a linear book and got a dose of Dave instead！ Ye who seek to understand complexity must pass through the fog of initiation， fight the false gods of straightforward exposition and learn to bathe in the pool of adaptive possibilities。Perhaps。 Or maybe some old fashioned external editing by a supportively critical outsider would have helped。 It would be a shame for this book to leave many readers feeling that they are encountering an intellectual cult that sets out to haze initiates because I personally believe Cynefin has a lot more to offer the world。 Please， insiders， don’t let this be the last word on your insights。 。。。more
Yannick Grenzinger
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I was eager to read this first book about Cynefin。 Because I know the surface of the framework， I hoped this book would really make me understand it fully。Sadly it's more a collection of story about how people use the framework。 Some story gives clues and many are interesting so I would give surely give it 4 stars if I were a connoisseurs but sadly it's not really fit for people who discover Cynefin。 I was eager to read this first book about Cynefin。 Because I know the surface of the framework， I hoped this book would really make me understand it fully。Sadly it's more a collection of story about how people use the framework。 Some story gives clues and many are interesting so I would give surely give it 4 stars if I were a connoisseurs but sadly it's not really fit for people who discover Cynefin。 。。。more
Jo
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First part of the book is a good introduction to sense-making and Cynefin。 The second part contains guest chapters which are a bit hit-or-miss， but the "hits" were great and show the universal applicability of Cynefin。 The "misses" are basically fanmail and can be skipped entirely。Still a recommendation if you want to better understand Cynefin and its implications！ First part of the book is a good introduction to sense-making and Cynefin。 The second part contains guest chapters which are a bit hit-or-miss， but the "hits" were great and show the universal applicability of Cynefin。 The "misses" are basically fanmail and can be skipped entirely。Still a recommendation if you want to better understand Cynefin and its implications！ 。。。more
John Cumming
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