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Brief reflections (and thanks) on the occasion of us publishing the Cynefin Field Book today thecynefin.co/handing-on-a...

Another in the anthro-complexity series, looking at similarities & differences with others. This time, two Italians: the historian Ginzburg and the philosopher Vico. This series is a little academic, but I try to draw out major implications for practice. thecynefin.co/reading-the-...

Almost there and a 125-page work of art, the Cynefin Field Guide, available on Amazon next week with a special art edition and bulk purchase options - sign up here: thecynefin.co/the-cynefin-...

A first follow-on post on behaviourism, sparked by a single-line comment I made on social media: Behaviour is the shadow of conditions. This post asks the question: If behaviour is shaped by conditions, why does the market keep buying interventions aimed at persons? thecynefin.co/map-dont-tra...

Why we should stop demonising Taylor and Scientific Management: the rise of Simplistic Systems Thinking (SST) versus CST. The dangers of complexity science becoming Simplistic Complexity Thinking (SCT): rebranding design thinking in complexity clothing. thecynefin.co/we-need-to-t...

More on elephants, icebergs and levers in substantial agreement with Dr Mike C Jackson OBE. thecynefin.co/shooting-the...

Another reveal on the Cynefin Field Guide and an update on orders. thecynefin.co/back-to-the-...

An opening salvo on differentiating anthro-complexity from behaviouralism (In both crude and more sophisticated forms). thecynefin.co/change-the-b...

More on the new Cynefin Field Guide and a first view of some of the pages. thecynefin.co/design-in-th...

A preliminary announcement of the Cynefin Field Guide, five years in the making and available this month - register via the link. thecynefin.co/five-years-i...

An interim post in my 'teach philosophy through novels' series: a polemical post on the need to read without being spoon-fed. It also indicates where the series is going and invites suggestions. thecynefin.co/why-the-nove...

We had a website outage yesterday, so we switched to a backup, and my post on using Dostoevsky's novels to teach philosophy was lost. I only had a rough draft in Pages; the final version had been written on the site, so I had to recreate it. The first of a series. thecynefin.co/philosophy-t...

I promised a series on using novels and other aesthetic forms, as the basis for a Philosophy undergraduate degree and here is the first, using the novels of Dostoevsky thecynefin.co/novels-for-p...

Why it may be time to move on from holons, and what the estuary offers in their place: a middle position between Whitehead's lure and Latour's flatness and introducing a series on the use of the novel to teach and, more importantly, practice philosophy. thecynefin.co/neither-cave...

Second post from our guest blogger Maritina Dimopoulou this time on Tensegrity, Lotus and a pair of chocolate-coloured suede boots (Elvis fans should not get excited) thecynefin.co/tensegrity-l...

I'm pleased to welcome our guest blogger for the week Maritina Dimopoulou. In this first of three posts, she addresses the key question of salience. The Cynefin Company thecynefin.co/on-salience/

The Autumn Equinox is here so I've published the becoming traditional summary of the last quarter's blog posts thecynefin.co/at-the-autum...

I'm starting to pull a set of posts that define anthro-complexity & position it against other approaches. This one on Practice Theory also links to the whole series, which I will soon consolidate into a booklet: the provisional section two of 'The Book'. thecynefin.co/practice-the...

Completing the somewhat ad hoc series on the misappropriation & misuse of the 'complexity' word. thecynefin.co/old-wine-new...

It is Glyndŵr's day in Cymru (Wales) and in celebration today's post looks at a key aspect of democracy through the lives of three Welsh princes and two Welsh politicians. thecynefin.co/damned-magic...

Another post in the use and abuse of the 'complexity' word series , this time a response to an earlier post by Benjamin P. Taylor. This looks at the question of matching or emergent repertoires and contrasts complexity with cybernetics.: thecynefin.co/an-inhibitin...

A reflection on Daniel Monroy's reflection on my field guide to epistemic parasites, setting the scene for a follow-up piece or two on other forms of parasitism. thecynefin.co/testing-for-...

13th October 1600 to 1800 or later UK time, Anna and I are organising a meetup for Cynefin Members to look at complexity theory through the lens of science fiction and fantasy (and vice versa) thecynefin.co/memberships/

The events of 911 are very much a part of the origin story of TheCynefinCo. Here is my brief reflection on the 25th anniversary, with a link to a longer post I wrote on the 20th. thecynefin.co/25-years-on/

Third post in the cognitive outsourcing series, and this may be one of the most important things I have written in the last year, although it's early days. The analogue advantage over the digital is the theme: thecynefin.co/cognitive-ou...

Second post in the cognitive outsourcing series, this time looking at one aspect of neuro-diversity thecynefin.co/cognitive-ou...

First of a three-part series on Cognitive Outsourcing: one of the dangers and possible benefits of AI adoption. Here, I examine the trade-offs in cognitive development and some of the consequences. thecynefin.co/cognitive-ou...

Monday AM, I will share a platform with Sarah Freiesleben in London. Her new book and mine on where & when AI works, its use and abuse, will be the subject. I will go into the salience-sapience-sentience work as an overlay onto Estuarine Mapping And it's free: www.mannaz.com/en/inspirati...

"There is no effing elephant" the first of two responses to a recent LinkedIn thread thecynefin.co/there-is-no-...

A polemical post, driven by frustration with a repeating pattern over KM, Agile, Systems Thinking and now Complexity, where something of real value is prematurely codified by those more skilled in presentation than they are in perspicacity. thecynefin.co/bad-money-dr...

A fourth post in my Lotus Eater's series, with some self-reflection added on for good measure. Started at 0230 this morning, as I couldn't sleep thecynefin.co/the-lotus-ea...

Time to start blogging again, though I will need a couple of weeks to recover. This time, reflecting on two positions on AI that cropped up early this morning on social media. thecynefin.co/is-there-eve...

It's taken a few weeks longer than intended, and more research and re-reading than I expected, but here is the post on Nolan's Odyssey contrasted and compared with Stone's Oresteia, linking back to my recent posts on modern lotus eaters. thecynefin.co/no-rosy-fing...

A personal post on coming to terms with the 'C' word, luck and the nature of public health care. thecynefin.co/the-idiots-g...

Another in the Virpi series, this time in response to a social media challenge, the difference between starting journeys and seeking destinations thecynefin.co/the-next-rig...

A new post in the 'inspired by Virpi' series, on black swans, dragon kings & perdurability encompassing but not defined by anti-fragility. Apologies for the delay in publishing; life has been disrupted by health issues, which should be resolved by surgery mid-August. thecynefin.co/we-dont-need...

Second post in the Virpi-inspired series (although she is not responsible for my views). This one is on epistemic hygiene, black holes, conspiracy theories, and a few other things besides. thecynefin.co/epistemic-hy...

A polemical post on the abuse of the 'complexity' word. thecynefin.co/just-a-fanci...

Some preliminary musings on complexity (and why it is not very, very complicated) and associated ethics. thecynefin.co/complexity-i...

Third and final post reflecting on the two CBI handbooks on knowledge management that I edited back in the 1990s and their relevance to today. This one includes the early version of Cynefin, with a 'transit hub' that became the aporetic/confused domain. thecynefin.co/cbi-km-2-3-a...

Second of my three posts using the two CBI handbooks on knowledge management that I edited over two decades ago as a source - this time introducing the portolan chart. thecynefin.co/cbi-km-2-3-m...

First of an occasional series looking back on some knowledge management writing from two decades ago, which remains relevant today. thecynefin.co/small-wonder/

Seeing pruning in the organisation as a series of paradoxes thecynefin.co/the-paradoxe...

I'll be in Singapore 27-28 July to keynote at the Regional Scrum Gathering and also provide an Executive briefing. That's the 'Regular + Executive Brief' at $799 on the booking form in the link. Some free slots outside of the event itself. DM if interested: www.rsg-singapore.org/event-detail...

An illustrated field guide to epistemic parasites who are regretably on the increase, consultants despirate for business or fame, LLM augmented, etc., etc. But this should help you spot and name them. thecynefin.co/a-field-guid...

Final post for now in the lotus eating series; looking at some of the temptations of fame, but more specifically at the promulgation of solutions without understanding the context from which they arose, or the changed context that AI and social media have brought. thecynefin.co/the-lotus-ea...

Second of my three examples of the Lotus Eaters, this time an article by Laloux, propagated by corporate rebels (who should know better) and the whole 'Teal, replaces Turquoise, replaces Yellow, and then there was Coral' game of superiority. thecynefin.co/the-lotus-ea...