Navigating Project Uncertainty, An Explorers Toolkit using Cynefin

NavigatingProjectUncertaintyAnExplorersToolkit

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Context– Project-BasedWork

IdeaCollaborationSessions

Listthecapabilities– BroadandShallow

NarrowtheScope

ArgueScopeIn- Easier

Argue Scope Out - Harder

ClassifytheCapabilities

EasyCanaskforanEstimate

AnalysisCanbeSolvedbySubjectMatterExperts

WorkshopsDerailed

CausesofDerailmentCan of WormsDifficult to contained once opened

Rabbit HoleA deep dark place that leads nowhere

Wild Goose ChaseA pointless waste of time and energy

CanofWormsTrickytoTackleorNoObviousAnswers

NamethePeopleandGroupsforEasyandAnalysisItems

CansofWorms– ExperimentsturnAssumptionsintoFacts

Expertise'Expertise can also get us in trouble. It can lead us to view problems in stereotyped ways. The sense of typicality can be so strong that we miss subtle signs of trouble...these shortcomings seem a small price to pay; however, there may be times when a fresh set of eyes proves helpful‘Klein, G. 1998. Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions. MIT Press.

Experts Non-Experts

SomeoftheTheoryBehindtheContextandExperience

IdeaCollaborationSessionsStopUnfeasibleIdeasEarly

UsingCynefin inContext

The Cynefin Framework

by Dave Snowden 2014


Obvious

Easy


Obvious

Easy

Complicated

Analysis


Obvious

Easy

Complicated

Analysis

Complex

'Can of Worms'

Principles•Cover scope broadly and shallowly•Narrow the scope as early as possible•Argue scope in rather than argue scope out

•Classify the work – Easy, Analysis, Cans of Worms•Plan workshops around the different classifications

Principles

.....AndQuarantineThoseCansofWorms

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Navigating Project Uncertainty, An Explorers Toolkit using Cynefin

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