Making Sense of Complexity

The Cynefin Company is an action research and development hub working at the limits of applied complexity science: where sparks become light, light becomes research and research becomes practice. #makingsenseofcomplexity

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Learning & training, current events, trending publications and all kinds of interesting new things like programmes and webinars are at the top of our minds right now. Have a look.

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Hexi method packs kits

As part of our effort to rewild The Cynefin Company with the move away from the Cognitive Edge name, we have started focusing on our methods. We have spent much of our focus this year on producing and testing our Hexi facilitation kits. 

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THE CYNEFIN CO. UPCOMING EVENTS

The Cynefin Co hosts a range of events including Masterclasses, Advanced Training, Retreat, Members & Public meetups,  and Partner events. 
TRAINING & LEARNING

Training and Learning with The Cynefin Company focus on Complexity theory-informed practices.

We offer various development pathways for Organisations and individuals through facilitated events (virtual and in-person), together with online self-paced learning products and mentoring journeys.

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SENSEMAKER®

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ANTHRO-COMPLEXITY

We are the pioneer of the field of complexity, charting the way before complexity became mainstream. We created the concepts of Naturalising Sense-making, Distributed Ethnography, Flexuous curves (formerly Apex Predator theory), and have developed the whole field now known as Anthro-complexity: complexity as experienced in human systems.

WHAT'S NEW AT CYNEFIN - OUR THINKING

International Women’s Day: Narratives and Networks
When I was asked to reflect on the role of women in science, philosophy, and research for International Women’s Day, I was immediately taken back to an A-level history lesson at the age of 18.  We were lucky enough to have a teacher who inspired us with tales of his previous life working in the […]
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Cynefin St David’s 2024: Estuarine 3/5
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 […]
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Cynefin St David’s 2024: AIMS & ASHEN 2/5
In this second post, I promised to describe the AIMS framework fully, and in doing that, I will also bring in ASHEN in an integrated frame with one of the critical parts of  Estuarine Mapping.  I first referenced this on the blog in January, but I had already started to use and develop it several […]
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About the Cynefin Company

The Cynefin Company (formerly known as Cognitive Edge) was founded in 2005 by Dave Snowden. We believe in praxis and focus on building methods, tools and capability that apply the wisdom from Complex Adaptive Systems theory and other scientific disciplines in social systems. We are the world leader in developing management approaches (in society, government and industry) that empower organisations to absorb uncertainty, detect weak signals to enable sense-making in complex systems, act on the rich data, create resilience and, ultimately, thrive in a complex world.
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