In an idle moment between shower and meeting I did a quick scan of incoming Tweets and found one from Steve Denning promoting a posting to his blog which in turn is promoting the latest Leader’s guide. It looks like these guides are going to be an annual event, and the latest is to something […]
According to Hannah Arendt, politics is a social activity. In “The Human Condition”, for example, she states that the great effects of political action come about “where people are with others and neither for nor against them…”[1]. This highlights the essentially social substrate always present in our experience. Arendt describes political action as being something […]
I’ve never written as a guest blogger before. How nice to do something new and I’m grateful to the Cognitive Edge Team for inviting me to participate. You can read more about my work here. My interest in Cognitive Edge theory and practice stems from its interdisciplinary approach of weaving together useful ideas from Complexity […]
I’m working on a history of the Cynefin model. The number if citations and mentions seems to have gone up markedly in the last few months which is pleasing. However with growing use there are some misunderstandings of the history, and odd claim for influence which has surprised me! The sequence goes something like this: […]
With KM Asia over for another year I went out for dinner with Patrick Lambe and Graham Durant-Law. Both old friends from the knowledge management world. We went to the Liang Kee Teochew Restaurant on Robertson Quay. Now this is one of favorite places to eat in a city that must rank in the top […]
Ever since I heard Dave speaking on identities, specifically in the context of understanding the behavior of customers, employees etc, I’ve been fascinated by the the concept. Maintaining multiple identities seem to be such a natural process for us, that it happens without us knowing about it. This phenomenon certainly has profound impact in all […]
The university at which I work is on the banks of the Swan River, a broad, calm stretch of water fringed by parklands. It’s a beautiful walk along the river. At one point there is a bench with a plaque on it in memory of a twelve-year old boy who died there on 25 December […]
Its always interesting to see how people apply the Cynefin framework to different subject areas. Here is one from Andrew Johnston of the Agile community on software architecture. I met him on one of the recent seminars and he passed me the link (with permission to re-publish).
I somehow find myself as the guest blogger for a couple of weeks. My format introduction is: Steve Freeman is a pioneer of the Agile Software movement in the UK, where he helps companies to deliver software. He is a presenter and organizer at international industry conferences, and was Chair of the first London XpDay […]
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