The Cynefin Framework (and children’s parties)

I had the good fortune of attending Dave Snowden‘s workshop at the KMWorld conference in Washington D.C. last week. As I feared (or suppose hoped), this has ballooned my reading list.

This video above is a brief introduction to one of his central ideas, the Cynefin Framework, detailed in the HBR article A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making.

One of the more memorable items from his talk was about how to organize a children’s party (within the context of complexity). Anyone who’s been a parent and/or worked in a large corporation will find it amusing and insightful. I was happy to see it captured in this video below:

 

“Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” Steve Jobs’ inspiring speech about loving what you do, trusting your curiosity and intuition, the lightness of being a beginner, connecting the dots looking backward, thinking for yourself and remembering how little time you really have.

We will miss you Steve.