The Cynefin Company

What began 27 years ago has never stood still. 𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 through use, challenge, learning and practice across very different contexts. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫, that journey takes another form. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 is coming. 👉 Join the launch list for 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬: https://lnkd.in/e7PeXYwT 𝐀 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞, carry, and work with ideas developed over nearly three decades. #Cynefin #Complexity #DesignThinking #SystemsThinking #Strategy #OD

𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 & 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 (linked to Cynefin Field Guide). Dave Snowden has been putting the finishing touches on the Cynefin Field Guide. In effect, the guide is a single source of 'truth' that people can reference: it summarises anthro-complexity and the Cynefin framework. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 is the Cynefin framework and #complexity, with some other material and sections on other sense-making frameworks. Of course, Dave being Dave, the Field Guide also includes some new and updated materials. 👉 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: https://lnkd.in/e_sazV_f

At a glance: 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 with The Cynefin Co. Over the 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬, we are offering several workshops for people looking to deepen their practice in complexity, sense-making, strategy, #coaching and narrative-informed work. 1. 𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 & 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 with Dave Snowden Virtual | November 2026 Linked to the #Cynefin Field Guide, this masterclass explores 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚 as part of deeper Cynefin practice. Registration 👉 https://lnkd.in/e_sazV_f 2. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫® 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 Virtual | December 2026 For those who want to build confidence in interpreting SenseMaker® data, working with #narrative patterns and connecting insight to action in complex human systems. Registration 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTVSCd6C 3. 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞-𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 Virtual | January 2027 For #coaches who want to bring #sensemaking, #complexity thinking and Cynefin-informed practice into coaching conversations and client work. Registration 👉 https://lnkd.in/ent6E_KY 𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 a different entry point into working more effectively with complexity, uncertainty and human systems.

Sense-making for Coaches, a 𝐒𝐈𝐗 𝐱 3 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫-𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐛, 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞. Early Bird price going to end soon. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ent6E_KY Participants will: 👉 Build the Cynefin framework from the inside, through direct construction. 👉 Distinguish #coaching, facilitating and training as structurally different positions, and recognise which one is in the room at any given moment and its specific blind spot. 👉 Practise sense-making and self-signified #narrative work directly, through SenseMaker®, Coaching QuickSense and the Narrative-based 360. 👉 Learn to read constraints and affordances in a situation rather than treat context as fixed. 👉 Elaborate a live Estuarine Map across the programme from a first sketch of what's actually present in a situation, to a set of concrete actions you can choose between. 👉 Apply the same reading at the scale of a whole system, including the two different logics by which change actually happens, and why staged, linear models run into trouble there. #Cynefin #Coaches #SenseMaking #SenseMaker #Consultants

Cynefin® Framework: All three modules available at a limited offer price of just £129. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬.👇

𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧: Rewilding Resilient Organisations and Communities - September 2026 enrollment open for a 10-month journey. Who should consider this programme? 👉 Practitioners in the fields of organisational and community development, change and leadership. 👉 Independent or in-house coaches, consultants, or facilitators. 👉 Roles that support decision-making, knowledge management, and strategic planning functions. 👉 People who already have some knowledge of and interest in Cynefin's complexity and facilitation. 👉 Hexi #Cynefin BaseKit owners who want to understand some of the deeper and less common Methods included in their BaseKit (link to Hexi tab to explain how this kit fits in). This 'marathon' 1-year journey contains a set of approximately 15 advanced Cynefin Co Methods (organised into 10 Method clusters). These Methods and their supporting principles offer practical approaches, grounded in theory and the Cynefin Co. approach, to some of the most common challenges faced in resilient organisations, communities, and networks today. 👉 More explanation is here: https://lnkd.in/e-GR4Pu7 #OrganizationalDevelopment #OD #Methods #Complexity #Strategy