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four states are not entirely drawn from systems theories or even theories of chaos and complexity. Cynefin draws heavily on network theory, learning theories, and third-generation knowledgement management."Crucially, compared with many network and company approaches, Cynefin also takes an epistemological as well as an ontological stance. Similar to the
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in earlier versions of the framework). By definition it is hard to see when this domain applies. "Here, multiple perspectives jostle for prominence, factional leaders argue with one another, and cacophony rules", write Snowden and Boone. "The way out of this realm is to break down the situation into
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domain consists of the "known unknowns". The relationship between cause and effect requires analysis or expertise; there are a range of right answers. The framework recommends "senseā€“analyzeā€“respond": assess the facts, analyze, and apply the appropriate good operating practice. According to Stewart:
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Snowden and Boone (2007): "The framework sorts the issues facing leaders into five contexts defined by the nature of the relationship between cause and effect. Four of theseā€”simple, complicated, complex, and chaoticā€”require leaders to diagnose situations and to act in contextually appropriate ways.
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Williams and Hummelbrunner (2010): " ... Cynefin identifies four behaviors a situation can display: simple, complicated, complex, and chaotic. This terminology is not new; the systems literature has used it for decades. However, in Cynefin the behaviors and the properties that underpin these
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In the chaotic domain, a leaderā€™s immediate job is not to discover patterns but to staunch the bleeding. A leader must first act to establish order, then sense where stability is present and from where it is absent, and then respond by working to transform the situation from chaos to complexity,
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within the company. He continued developing it as European director of IBM's Institute of Knowledge Management, and later as founder and director of the IBM Cynefin Centre for Organizational Complexity, established in 2002. Cynthia Kurtz, an IBM researcher, and Snowden described the framework in
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Snowden, Pauleen, and Jansen van Vuuren (2011): "The framework was initially used in Snowden's early work in knowledge management, but now extends to aspects of leadership, strategy, cultural change, customer relationship management and more (Kurtz and Snowden 2003; Snowden and Boone 2007). The
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domain represents the "unknown unknowns". Cause and effect can only be deduced in retrospect, and there are no right answers. "Instructive patterns ... can emerge," write Snowden and Boone, "if the leader conducts experiments that are safe to fail." Cynefin calls this process
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that operate in the complex domain are constraints that allow a system to function but do not control the entire process.Holt argues that constraints in the theory of constraints correspond the Cynefin's fixed and governing constraints. Holt argues that
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Snowden (2000): "An early form of the Cynefin model using different labels for the dimension extremes and quadrant spaces was developed as a means of understanding the reality of intellectual capital management within IBM Global Services (Snowden
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is a Welsh word meaning 'habitat', 'haunt', 'acquainted', 'familiar'. Snowden uses the term to refer to the idea that we all have connections, such as tribal, religious and geographical, of which we may not be aware. It has been compared to the
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framework is particularly effective in helping decision-makers to make sense of complex problems, providing new ways of approaching intractable problems and allowing the emergence of shared understandings from collective groups."
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where the identification of emerging patterns can both help prevent future crises and discern new opportunities. Communication of the most direct top-down or broadcast kind is imperative; thereā€™s simply no time to ask for input.
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Prof Simon French recognizes "the value of the Cynefin framework in categorising decision contexts and identifying how to address many uncertainties in an analysis" and as such believes it builds on seminal works such as
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The Cynefin Centreā€”a network of members and partners from industry, government and academiaā€”began operating independently of IBM in 2004. In 2007 Snowden and Mary E. Boone described the Cynefin framework in the
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Criticism of Cynefin includes that the framework is difficult and confusing, needs a more rigorous foundation, and covers too limited a selection of possible contexts. Another criticism is that terms such as
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Snowden and Boone write that managers should beware of forcing situations into this domain by oversimplifying, by "entrained thinking" (being blind to new ways of thinking), or by becoming complacent (see
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used the Cynefin framework in a discussion of theories and models of decision making. The European Commission has published a field guide to use Cynefin as a "guide to navigate crisis".
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category. Stewart offers others: "the firefighter whose gut makes him turn left or the trader who instinctively sells when the news about the stock seems too good to be true." One
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Burman, Christopher J.; Aphane, Marota A. (2016). "Leadership emergence: the application of the Cynefin framework during a bio-social HIV/AIDS risk-reduction pilot".
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In the complicated domain there are governing constraints, problems are tightly coupled, and appropriate good practice should be used to sense, analyze and respond
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domain, cause and effect are unclear. Events in this domain are "too confusing to wait for a knowledge-based response", writes Patrick Lambe. "Actionā€”
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In the complex domain there are enabling constraints, problems are loosely coupled, and one should use emergent practice to probe, sense and respond
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constituent parts and assign each to one of the other four realms. Leaders can then make decisions and intervene in contextually appropriate ways."
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In the chaotic domain there is a lack of constraints, the problems are de-coupled, and one creates novel practice by acting, sensing and responding
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domain in the centre represents situations where there is no clarity about which of the other domains apply (this domain has also been known as
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In the clear domain there are tight constraints, no degrees of freedom, and best practice can be used to sense, categorize and respond
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detail the following year in a paper, "The new dynamics of strategy: Sense-making in a complex and complicated world", published in
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Mark, Annabelle L. (2006). "Notes from a Small Island: Researching Organisational Behaviour in Healthcare from a UK Perspective".
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The idea of the Cynefin framework is that it offers decision-makers a "sense of place" from which to view their perceptions.
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This is the domain of legal structures, standard operating procedures, practices that are proven to work. Never draw to an
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The domains offer a "sense of place" from which to analyse behaviour and make decisions. The domains on the right,
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actionā€”is the first and only way to respond appropriately." In this context, managers "actā€“senseā€“respond":
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It has also been used in health-care research, including to examine the complexity of care in the British
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stipulate that actions must be done in a certain way in a certain order and apply in the clear domain,
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and intuition then logic to creating an understanding, before creating a probe to test understanding.
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The fifthā€”disorderā€”applies when it is unclear which of the other four contexts is predominant."
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Firestone and McElroy argue that Cynefin is a model of sensemaking rather than a full model of
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plays chess as if it were a complicated problem, looking at every possible sequence of moves."
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Snowden, then of IBM Global Services, began work on a Cynefin model in 1999 to help manage
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Cox, Kate; Strang, Lucy; Sondergaard, Susan; and Monsalve, Cristina Gonzalez (2017).
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traditions ... Cynefin explores how people perceive and learn from situations."
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are looser and act more like rules or policies applying in the complicated domain,
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domain represents the "known knowns". This means that there are rules in place (or
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In the confusion domain it is uncertain which of the other domains apply
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can occur when a lack of order causes rules to be imposed suddenly.
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in the theory of constraints correspond to enabling constraints.
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to turn the chaotic into the complex. Snowden and Boone write:
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Cynefin offers five decision-making contexts or "domains":
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As knowledge increases, there is a "clockwise drift" from
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Cynefin weaving sense-making into the fabric of our world
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in the ordinary sense, rather than in the sense used in
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Using the Cynefin framework to analyse policing of the
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Index

Cynefin
shows the four habitats of the Cynefin framework - Clear, Complicated, Complex, and Chaotic - plus Confusion as the state of not knowing
/kəĖˆnɛvÉŖn/
kuh-NEV-in
conceptual framework
decision-making
Dave Snowden
IBM Global Services
sense-making
Welsh
systems theory
complexity theory
network theory
learning theories
Māori
intellectual capital
Harvard Business Review
Academy of Management
Problem structuring methods Ā§ Types of situations that call for PSMs

In the clear domain there are tight constraints, no degrees of freedom, and best practice can be used to sense, categorize and respond

best practice
Thomas A. Stewart
inside straight
human error
In the complicated domain there are governing constraints, problems are tightly coupled, and appropriate good practice should be used to sense, analyze and respond

Deep Blue
In the complex domain there are enabling constraints, problems are loosely coupled, and one should use emergent practice to probe, sense and respond

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