Or maybe some old fashioned external editing by a supportively critical outsider would have helped. However the overall effect is more like dropping in on a retirement valedictory for a much loved colleague than something that will enlighten an outsider.Īha, I hear disciples say to themselves- the mystery is all part of it! You came looking for a linear book and got a dose of Dave instead! Ye who seek to understand complexity must pass through the fog of initiation, fight the false gods of straightforward exposition and learn to bathe in the pool of adaptive possibilities. The sincerity of that affection is clear and there are some useful vignettes of experience and elucidation. It’s certainly a privilege to share the warmth and camaraderie of a community that clearly feels great affection and gratitude to Dave Snowden. Instead this feels like a missed opportunity and I suspect that others coming fresh to the subject, or on the edge of the Cynefin world like me, might feel the same. So I was looking forward to a definitive book that helps me to explain to students and mentees when they might find the model useful. I’m a huge fan of the Cybefin framework, as I can understand it from friends who have been on the courses and articles that set out its principles.
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