The basic Estuarine Framework has not changed significantly since last year’s publication; the vulnerable zone has been renamed volatile, but that is it for the base framework, which is a testament to its utility. What has changed are the options to generate items for the framework, the action types have extended, and the need to […]
So, it is time for my annual update on frameworks and methods. Last year, I switched from the Cynefin Framework to Estuarine mapping. In part because most of the tensions in the Cynefin Framework had been resolved, and it was time to move on. Cynefin is a decision support framework that recognises complexity theory, while […]
My last post took the general position that acumen in human systems is not just an individual quality but is also linked to empathy and can be executed collectively, often without conscious direction. It really can’t be encompassed by an algorithm. But network intelligence has to be engendered, which means creating the substrate, enabling connection […]
One of the most frequent corrections I have to make to public uses of Cynefin is to clarify that it is a framework, not a model; in some ways, it is more irritating than pointing out that you can’t have five quadrants. The latter I find more amusing in direct proportion to the educational level […]
Yesterday, I summarised the material in my pre and post-Christmas blogs and added material on tribalism. One of the key points I was making there is that creating boundaries and conflict between those boundaries is a natural tendency of all species. You can’t eliminate it, so you have to work with it. To that, we […]
Observant readers will have noticed that I am using pragmatism in two respects: yesterday in reference to abduction and the Pragmatists today in respect to the more normal day-to-day use. In the opening post, I talked about our natural ability to manage patterns in our daily lives and how language carries highly contextual meaning in […]
I’m going way back today to when I was working for Datasolve, before the management buyout that merged it with Software Sciences to create DataSciences which was then taken over by IBM as a part of creating IBM Global Services. So that is at least thirty-five years ago. I was then managing a decision support […]
I’ve been much occupied over the last week writing the Field Guide to Cynefin (formerly known as the Litte Green Book), some 80 pages and 50k words writing to a highly constrained format. I’m using the Travellers Notebook form which is 8.25 x 4.25 Inch (21cm x 11cm), perfect for carrying around. Open any page […]
As promised I am moving on today to a more dystopian theme with specific books from two of my favourite authors Neil Stephenson and Iain M Banks. Both of them have in common novels in which the transfer of a human to a virtual environment is deemed possible. They also both deal with what […]
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