Virtual Cynefin® Basecamp (English) – May 2023

Course details

Four 3-hour virtually facilitated sessions.
Minimum participant requirement: 12

Maximum participant limit: 25

Meeting environments: Zoom.us; Google Slides / Docs; ConceptBoard

Course pre-work and in-between session study: Video lectures, reading (instructor / geography dependent)

Instructional language: English

Participants will:

• Have an immersive experience of a complex facilitation and sense-making process
• Explore the challenges of managing, leading and taking action in complex human systems
• Play in the phase-shift from ordered to complex contexts and paradigms
• Add new approaches to respond to uncertainty and complexity to your toolkit
• Enhance their ability to contextualise issues and therefore to respond appropriately
• Understand constraints and how we can manage them to influence change
• Experience core Cynefin methods and tools to apply in thinking, decision-making and leadership
• Understand the basics of a complexity-appropriate approach to strategy, forecasting and decision making

The methods and concepts learned and practiced in this course are applicable –

1. to strategy, decision-making and leadership/management under conditions of uncertainty,
2. for helping teams see differences between their perspectives and to gain a better understanding of their complex challenges
3. in meeting or workshop environments tackling complex issues such as organisational change, culture, innovation, leadership development, and others; and,
4. to the diverse professional and personal current challenges presented by participants.

This virtual course offers an enhanced interactive online learning environment, where a cohort of attendees from diverse backgrounds embark on a shared learning journey about how to apply Cynefin® and related methods in their organizations.