Mik + One: The Official Project to Product Podcast by Dr. Mik Kersten Episode 38: Dave Snowden on The Cynefin Framework
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Nov 9, 2021 
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Origins In Decision Support And Narrative Work
- Dave Snowden described building decision support systems for large clients and leading IBM's Institute of Knowledge Management.
- He recounted work with the CIA and Singapore government shaping narrative-based risk systems that birthed Cognitive Edge.
Different Domains Require Different Responses
- The Cynefin domains (ordered, complex, chaotic) are defined by constraints and require different responses.
- In complexity use safe-to-fail probes in parallel instead of linear experiments.
Start With Present Mapping And Small Steps
- Map the present and choose the next right step rather than defining a distant end-state transformation.
- Achieve change through many small co-evolutionary actions instead of a single grand project.