Complexity - meeting with Prof Peter Allen, Cranfield University - SOLWorld2024-03-29T07:55:12Zhttp://www.solworld.org/forum/topics/2102269:Topic:4628?groupUrl=karlstadgroup&commentId=2102269%3AComment%3A18190&groupId=2102269%3AGroup%3A25&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWell, in that paper I referen…tag:www.solworld.org,2009-10-06:2102269:Comment:181972009-10-06T15:42:15.942ZHans-Peter Kornhttp://www.solworld.org/profile/HansPeterKorn
Well, in that paper I referenced several times in my earlier postings I read on page 473:<br />
<i>"The value of the completed contextualized framework<br />
lies in two main benefits. First, nearly every contextualization<br />
exercise we have seen has ended with<br />
expressions of surprise from those participating.<br />
They often see, for the first time, patterns that overturn<br />
their entrained beliefs about the issue they are<br />
considering and about their purpose, goals, and identity.<br />
...<br />
This increased awareness…</i>
Well, in that paper I referenced several times in my earlier postings I read on page 473:<br />
<i>"The value of the completed contextualized framework<br />
lies in two main benefits. First, nearly every contextualization<br />
exercise we have seen has ended with<br />
expressions of surprise from those participating.<br />
They often see, for the first time, patterns that overturn<br />
their entrained beliefs about the issue they are<br />
considering and about their purpose, goals, and identity.<br />
...<br />
This increased awareness (reflected in many other<br />
such stories) is the highest achievement of the completion<br />
of the contextualization exercise: that the<br />
group should accomplish Descriptive Self-Awareness,<br />
or a greater understanding of their own biases<br />
and potentials.<br />
The second benefit of the contextualized Cynefin<br />
framework is that it provides a new shared language<br />
with which the members of the decision-making<br />
group can discuss situations, perspectives and possible<br />
actions. This new language is unique to the concerns<br />
of the group and abstract enough to cover many<br />
particulars, but resonant with meaning so that it tends<br />
to be brought up spontaneously when issues are discussed.<br />
It can be used to talk about interpretations<br />
of current conditions based on gathered data, to evaluate<br />
strategic interventions, and to constructively<br />
manage conflict and bring about consensus, without<br />
removing conflict."</i><br />
<br />
My personal experience in working with groups (and not with single persons) is, that jumping into the discussion about specific (positive) exceptions and exploring the future perfect may work quite good ... but shows very different interpretations of current situations then, when ideas about the next small steps are created. So, I experienced that it is - especially for working with groups - very helpful to create a new shared language first, before talking about specific next steps.<br />
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For that the Cynefin framework might be very useful. And of course, it is not enough to have a shared understanding only. It is a platform to go on in a SF way to agree upon the very practical next steps. Yes indeed - this sounds very…tag:www.solworld.org,2009-10-06:2102269:Comment:181962009-10-06T14:08:48.948ZMark McKergowhttp://www.solworld.org/profile/MarkMcKergow
Yes indeed - this sounds very much like the Art of Hosting which I jsut described in my blog, Open Space, World Cafe and other conversational models...<br />
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What I mean by 'copping out' (colloquial English for not really doing what he claims) is that to encourage a conversation between people about this is one thing (possible very useful)..and what then? Whereas an SF conversation starts broadly with the idea that the emergent description is broadly applicable and works with that.
Yes indeed - this sounds very much like the Art of Hosting which I jsut described in my blog, Open Space, World Cafe and other conversational models...<br />
<br />
What I mean by 'copping out' (colloquial English for not really doing what he claims) is that to encourage a conversation between people about this is one thing (possible very useful)..and what then? Whereas an SF conversation starts broadly with the idea that the emergent description is broadly applicable and works with that. Hm... I want to understand be…tag:www.solworld.org,2009-10-06:2102269:Comment:181952009-10-06T14:03:50.978ZHans-Peter Kornhttp://www.solworld.org/profile/HansPeterKorn
Hm... I want to understand better what you mean with "Snowden is copping out" and "whereas we are involved with what to do in the 'emergent' area"<br />
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Reading Snowden's "exercises" for contextualization on page 471 and 472 of <a href="http://solworld.ning.com/group/karlstadgroup/forum/attachment/download?id=2102269%3AUploadedFi58%3A4803" target="_blank">http://solworld.ning.com/group/karlstadgroup/forum/attachment/download?id=2102269%3AUploadedFi58%3A4803</a> for me this are "unusual" (= not…
Hm... I want to understand better what you mean with "Snowden is copping out" and "whereas we are involved with what to do in the 'emergent' area"<br />
<br />
Reading Snowden's "exercises" for contextualization on page 471 and 472 of <a href="http://solworld.ning.com/group/karlstadgroup/forum/attachment/download?id=2102269%3AUploadedFi58%3A4803" target="_blank">http://solworld.ning.com/group/karlstadgroup/forum/attachment/download?id=2102269%3AUploadedFi58%3A4803</a> for me this are "unusual" (= not normal) methods do sustain emergency. He writes:<br />
<i>"We assure diversity by giving different groups of people<br />
different directions, by giving directions that are deliberately<br />
ambiguous and so can be taken in diverse<br />
ways, and by changing group compositions frequently<br />
so that people do not fall into entrained thinking.<br />
To keep items concrete, we rely heavily on narrative<br />
methods. These provide a rich context that allows<br />
patterns of experience rather than opinion or belief<br />
to emerge.<br />
We use an array of different methods to help people<br />
prepare a contextually meaningful field of items for<br />
sense-making, including:<br />
Narrative database. .....<br />
Convergence methods. ....<br />
Alternative history. ....<br />
Next, as shown in Figure 3A, the group comes together<br />
with their assembled sense-making items, perhaps<br />
derived from multiple processes, and discusses<br />
the extremes (not the domains) of the Cynefin space.<br />
They consider the corner where everyone knows the<br />
right answer, the corner where an expert could be<br />
expected to know the right answer, the corner where<br />
the situation only becomes clear retrospectively, and<br />
the corner in which there is no right answer. If possible,<br />
items are selected from the set that exemplify<br />
that dynamical extreme in the context of the issue<br />
or events being considered. This is an important step,<br />
because it begins to build the framework. We say<br />
“build the framework” because the Cynefin framework<br />
is created anew each time it is used, with distinctions<br />
meaningful to the current context. To some<br />
extent, it does not even exist in the way we describe<br />
it here, devoid of context, but is always used to enable<br />
sense-making in a particular setting.<br />
After the extreme situations are considered, all of<br />
the sense-making items are placed within the overall<br />
Cynefin space—without boundaries—where the<br />
items seem to fall, using dynamic placement.<br />
....<br />
It is important to mention at this point that discussion<br />
is encouraged during the placement of items.<br />
This is unlike the methods of affinity diagrams, in<br />
which people are asked to refrain from speaking."<br />
</i> Yes indeed. It still seems to…tag:www.solworld.org,2009-10-06:2102269:Comment:181932009-10-06T13:38:05.752ZMark McKergowhttp://www.solworld.org/profile/MarkMcKergow
Yes indeed. It still seems to me that Snowden is copping out here - whereas we are involved with what to do in the 'emergent' area, where normal methods do not fit.
Yes indeed. It still seems to me that Snowden is copping out here - whereas we are involved with what to do in the 'emergent' area, where normal methods do not fit. Hi Mark, you ask: "I wonder w…tag:www.solworld.org,2009-10-06:2102269:Comment:181902009-10-06T09:25:41.532ZHans-Peter Kornhttp://www.solworld.org/profile/HansPeterKorn
Hi Mark, you ask: <i>"I wonder what kind of situations they would put into each category?"</i><br />
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Well, the interesting "thing" about Cynefin is, that Snowden doesn't offer it as a categorization but as a <b>sense-making</b> framework. <a href="http://solworld.ning.com/group/karlstadgroup/forum/attachment/download?id=2102269%3AUploadedFi58%3A4803" target="_blank">Here</a>, on page 468, he writes:<br />
<i>"We consider Cynefin a sense-making framework,<br />
which means that its value is not so much in…</i>
Hi Mark, you ask: <i>"I wonder what kind of situations they would put into each category?"</i><br />
<br />
Well, the interesting "thing" about Cynefin is, that Snowden doesn't offer it as a categorization but as a <b>sense-making</b> framework. <a href="http://solworld.ning.com/group/karlstadgroup/forum/attachment/download?id=2102269%3AUploadedFi58%3A4803" target="_blank">Here</a>, on page 468, he writes:<br />
<i>"We consider Cynefin a sense-making framework,<br />
which means that its value is not so much in logical<br />
arguments or empirical verifications as in its effect<br />
on the sense-making and decision-making capabilities<br />
of those who use it. We have found that it gives<br />
decision makers powerful new constructs that they<br />
can use to make sense of a wide range of unspecified<br />
problems. It also helps people to break out of<br />
old ways of thinking and to consider intractable problems<br />
in new ways. The framework is particularly useful<br />
in collective sense-making, in that it is designed<br />
to allow shared understandings to emerge through<br />
the multiple discourses of the decision-making group.<br />
We make a strong distinction here between sensemaking<br />
frameworks and categorization frameworks.<br />
In a categorization framework, four quadrants are<br />
often presented in a two-by-two matrix (for examples,<br />
pick up any management textbook or analyst<br />
report). Typically, it is clear (though often unstated)<br />
that the most desirable situation is to be found in<br />
the upper right-hand quadrant, so the real value of<br />
such a framework is to figure out how to get to the<br />
upper right. In contrast, none of the domains we will<br />
describe here is more desirable than any other; there<br />
are no implied value axes. Instead, the framework<br />
is used primarily to consider the dynamics of situations,<br />
decisions, perspectives, conflicts, and changes<br />
in order to come to a consensus for decision-making<br />
under uncertainty."</i><br />
<br />
And on page 471 ff Snowden describes, how this framework can be used for "sensemaking" which he calls "Contextualization":<br />
<br />
<i>"Several complementary<br />
exercises and programs help people to<br />
internalize and make use of the framework. Some<br />
groups consider only the five domains and what sorts<br />
of situations or problems can be found there; some<br />
consider distinctions between extreme and equivocal<br />
conditions within domains; some consider multiple<br />
perspectives and how they can be resolved or<br />
used to advantage; some talk about boundary transitions,<br />
boundary sensing, and boundary management;<br />
some talk about dynamics ranging over the<br />
whole space of the framework."</i><br />
<br />
It is fascinating for me to read, that Snowden focuses so much on interaction and communication within a group of persons using his framework as an enabling mean, not as a static structure for categorisations. .... and ==> HERE a descri…tag:www.solworld.org,2009-10-06:2102269:Comment:181892009-10-06T09:08:34.420ZHans-Peter Kornhttp://www.solworld.org/profile/HansPeterKorn
.... and ==> <a href="http://paei.wikidot.com/snowden-d-j-cynefin-sensemaking-framework" target="_blank">HERE</a> a description with a bit more (but not too much) details.
.... and ==> <a href="http://paei.wikidot.com/snowden-d-j-cynefin-sensemaking-framework" target="_blank">HERE</a> a description with a bit more (but not too much) details. As a "warm up" before reading…tag:www.solworld.org,2009-07-15:2102269:Comment:176822009-07-15T10:32:27.990ZHans-Peter Kornhttp://www.solworld.org/profile/HansPeterKorn
As a "warm up" before reading this paper written by Kurtz and Snowdon I recommend to read this:<br />
<br />
A simple explanation of the Cynefin Framework:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mqNcs8mp74">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mqNcs8mp74</a><br />
and this:<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin</a><br />
<br />
And after this an article written by David J. Snowden and Mary E. Boone about "A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making":…
As a "warm up" before reading this paper written by Kurtz and Snowdon I recommend to read this:<br />
<br />
A simple explanation of the Cynefin Framework:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mqNcs8mp74">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mqNcs8mp74</a><br />
and this:<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin</a><br />
<br />
And after this an article written by David J. Snowden and Mary E. Boone about "A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making":<br />
<a href="http://www.mpiweb.org/CMS/uploadedFiles/Article%20for%20Marketing%20-%20Mary%20Boone.pdf">http://www.mpiweb.org/CMS/uploadedFiles/Article%20for%20Marketing%20-%20Mary%20Boone.pdf</a> btw: this is good to read as…tag:www.solworld.org,2009-06-17:2102269:Comment:168812009-06-17T09:24:21.634ZHans-Peter Kornhttp://www.solworld.org/profile/HansPeterKorn
btw: this is good to read as a "warm up" for "The new dynamics of strategy: Sense-making in a complex and complicated world" written by Kurtz and Snowdon, see here:<br />
<a href="http://solworld.ning.com/xn/detail/2102269:Comment:4801">http://solworld.ning.com/xn/detail/2102269:Comment:4801</a>
btw: this is good to read as a "warm up" for "The new dynamics of strategy: Sense-making in a complex and complicated world" written by Kurtz and Snowdon, see here:<br />
<a href="http://solworld.ning.com/xn/detail/2102269:Comment:4801">http://solworld.ning.com/xn/detail/2102269:Comment:4801</a> And here:
http://www.mpiweb.o…tag:www.solworld.org,2009-01-30:2102269:Comment:116082009-01-30T21:12:54.758ZHans-Peter Kornhttp://www.solworld.org/profile/HansPeterKorn
And here:<br />
<a href="http://www.mpiweb.org/CMS/uploadedFiles/Article%20for%20Marketing%20-%20Mary%20Boone.pdf">http://www.mpiweb.org/CMS/uploadedFiles/Article%20for%20Marketing%20-%20Mary%20Boone.pdf</a><br />
is an article written by David J. Snowden and Mary E. Boone about this Cynefin framework. The title is "A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making". The article is published in Harvard Business Review.
And here:<br />
<a href="http://www.mpiweb.org/CMS/uploadedFiles/Article%20for%20Marketing%20-%20Mary%20Boone.pdf">http://www.mpiweb.org/CMS/uploadedFiles/Article%20for%20Marketing%20-%20Mary%20Boone.pdf</a><br />
is an article written by David J. Snowden and Mary E. Boone about this Cynefin framework. The title is "A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making". The article is published in Harvard Business Review. Hm.... well, there are alread…tag:www.solworld.org,2009-01-13:2102269:Comment:109012009-01-13T22:00:44.943ZHans-Peter Kornhttp://www.solworld.org/profile/HansPeterKorn
Hm.... well, there are already some articles about SF in wikipedia;<br></br>
<br></br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solution_focused_brief_therapy">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solution_focused_brief_therapy</a><br></br>
(interesting to read in the discussion to this article: "This article<br />
has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale. And: This article<br />
has been rated as Low-importance on the importance scale.")…<br></br>
<br></br>
Hm.... well, there are already some articles about SF in wikipedia;<br/>
<br/>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solution_focused_brief_therapy">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solution_focused_brief_therapy</a><br/>
(interesting to read in the discussion to this article: "This article<br />
has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale. And: This article<br />
has been rated as Low-importance on the importance scale.")<br/>
<br/>
<a></a> href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastering_the_Art_of_Solution-Focused_Counseling"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastering_the_Art_of_Solution-Focused_">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastering_the_Art_of_Solution-Focused_</a>...<br/>
(Which is a simple presentation of a book - without any discussion...)<br/>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Guterman">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Guterman</a><br/>
(And this is the - undiscussed - bio of Gutermann, the author of the<br />
book "Mastering_the_Art_of_Solution-Focused_Counseling")<br/>
<br/>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_de_Shazer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_de_Shazer</a><br/>
(The bio of de Shazer .... much shorter than the bio-article of<br />
Gutermann...)<br/>
<br/>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpartisan">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpartisan</a><br/>
(Interesing to read - also without any discussions - this:<br />
"Post-partisanship is a <b><i>solution-focused variant</i></b><br />
of the term bipartisan, indicating a movement towards collaboration for<br />
the common good after partisan rancor. ")<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
"Self Organization" not always guarantees quality....