understanding and managing uncertainty with cynefin
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Understanding and managing uncertainty with Cynefin
Optional Conference, Budapest, April, 2014
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Sprint Consulting and it’s Speaker
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Trainees 3000+ Countries 20 Companies 2-3 dozen Project size 3-350 people
Margetin István • >7 years Software development
(Java, C#) • >7 years Project management • >5 years Agile project management • >3 years Agile and Lean consultant
Business Superbrands 2014
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“This is the era of uncertainty” – Daniel Kolya, Optional Conference 2014
§ Why do we need to understand uncertainty? § Why do we need to manage uncertainty?
Uncertainty
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§ Natural preference order of people is: § Being right § Being wrong § Being uncertain
http://commitment-thebook.com/
Uncertainty leads to bad decisions
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Cynefin /ˈkʌnɨvɪn/
Habitat or place
Cynefin
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§ Cynefin is a general strategy model § Helps understand the nature of our different situations
and how we try to make sense of them § Enables seeing multiple perspectives of the same thing § Thus allows leaders to make better decisions § Guides finding the right management style (and get
away from their preferred one) and § Gives us solution patterns
The Cynefin Framework
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“Complex things cannot be predicted” – Jutta Eckstein, Optional Conference 2014
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“Everything is complex” – Daniel Kolya, Optional Conference 2014
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Cynefin framework
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§ Knowledge management § Cultural change § Product development § Marketing § Branding § Analysing the effects of Bush’s faith on US policy making § British National Health Service § Food chain risk management § Disaster control
Applications
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1. Share the theory 2. Collect examples from your past for the domains 3. Understand your dominant domain 4. Optimize your organization for that domain 5. Always challenge your perception of where you are 6. Break down issues with multiple aspects 7. Focus on movement between domains 8. Avoid complacency
v0.1 Istvan’s recipe for success with Cynefin
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§ Dave Snowden - https://cognitive-edge.com/blog § Cynthia Kurtz, Mary E. Boone
§ Olav Maassen, Chris Matts, Chris Geary: Commitment § Liz Keogh - http://lizkeogh.com/
References
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Questions?
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