Being Human

#149 Cynefin at 21 - with Dave Snowden

Feb 6, 2021

01:27:45

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Episode notes

Systems thinking vs complexity

01:09

Change Through Connection, Not Individuals

00:33

Introduction

4min

The Four Liminal Domains in Connivion

4min

The Importance of Flow in Decision Making

2min

The Contrast Between Aperatic and Confusion

2min

The Importance of Constraints in Decision Making

5min

The Constraints of Chaos

2min

The Importance of Art in Human Evolution

2min

The Compacity-Based Approach to Design Thinking

2min

The Influence of Religion on the Bush White House

2min

10.

The Importance of Language in Philosophy

3min

11.

The Importance of Sensemaking in Complexity

2min

12.

The Narrative-Based Approach to Mental Health

3min

13.

The Importance of Sense Making

3min

14.

The Differences Between Complexity Thinking and Systems Thinking

2min

15.

The Power of Narrative Interpretation

2min

16.

The Importance of Scale in Conflict Resolution

2min

17.

The Role of Role Sharing Failure

3min

18.

How to Reverse Ashby's Law

4min

19.

The Energy Gradient of Alcoholism

2min

20.

The Importance of Time in Organizational Behavior

1min

21.

The Distinction Between Systems Thinking and Complexity Thinking

5min

22.

The Evil of Purpose Statements

3min

23.

The Complexity of Reality

4min

24.

The Importance of Transforming Reality

3min

25.

The Importance of Complexity in Management Science

2min

26.

The Pros and Cons of Anti Fragile

3min

27.

The Importance of Interaction

2min

28.

Graves' Theories of the World Should Be

5min

29.

The Importance of Language in Leadership

3min

30.

How to Take Revenge on Different Types of Sin

2min

31.

The Importance of Management

2min

32.

The New World Family

2min

33.

The Importance of Entanglement in Knowledge Management

2min

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In this episode Being Human, we have a return visit of one of our most popular guests, Dave Snowden. Dave is by far my favourite Welsh National Treasure. He's a philosopher-cum-management thinker and developer of the Cynefin framework, a decision making framework that has transformed the way people work and think from the military generals to software developers to humble business coaches like me.

Professor Snowden is part academic, part entrepreneur, part raconteur and a brilliant conversationalist. He's back to discuss the book created to celebrate 21 years of the Cynefin framework.

In this episode, we explore:
- The latest (and final) incarnation of Cynefin
- Snowden vs Taleb
- Snowden vs Stacey
- Sense-making unpacked
- Slaying fluffy bunnies

Enjoy!

To your humanity,
Richard

Links:
Dave's Blog
The Cynefin Book