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Cynefin for
Leadership
Hello!
I am Nicolò Pignatelli
Director of Engineering at GFG eCommerce Technologies.
You can find me at @nicolopigna
A dialog about
leadership
Who is right, in your opinion?
Two friends are
discussing
about
leadership
Jean
“A good leader knows how to
command people.
“I disagree. Too much
democracy slows everything
down. There is no guarantee
that the best decisions are
taken.
Johann
“Actually no. A good leader
involves everyone in every
decision.
“Centralization of power
ignores diversity and misses
opportunities.
“
Leadership is contextual.
We must continuously adapt it to the
environment.
Adaptive
leadership
How do we understand the
context and adapt?
Cynefin
/ˈkʌnᵻvɪn/
Cynefin is a
sense-making
framework
It helps us to...
Categorize a problem and
respond accordingly.
ORDERED
UNORDERED
OBVIOUS
Sense
Categorize
Respond
ORDERED
UNORDERED
OBVIOUS
Sense
Categorize
Respond
ORDERED
UNORDERED
COMPLICATED
Sense
Analyze
Respond
OBVIOUS
Sense
Categorize
Respond
ORDERED
UNORDERED
COMPLICATED
Sense
Analyze
Respond
COMPLEX
Probe
Sense
Respond
OBVIOUS
Sense
Categorize
Respond
ORDERED
UNORDERED
COMPLICATED
Sense
Analyze
Respond
COMPLEX
Probe
Sense
Respond
CHAOTIC
Act
Sense
Respond
OBVIOUS
Sense
Categorize
Respond
ORDERED
UNORDERED
COMPLICATED
Sense
Analyze
Respond
COMPLEX
Probe
Sense
Respond
CHAOTIC
Act
Sense
Respond
DISORDER
Fun time!
Let’s experience Cynefin together
Cynefin in an
organization
What can we do after we
classify our environment?
We can adapt
the
organizational
structure
OBVIOUS
COMPLICATED COMPLEX
CHAOTIC
central distributed
STRUCTURE
We can adapt
our leadership
style
command facilitation
AUTHORITY
OBVIOUS
COMPLICATED COMPLEX
CHAOTIC
We can identify
motivation
boosters
extrinsic intrinsic
MOTIVATION
OBVIOUS
COMPLICATED COMPLEX
CHAOTIC
Thanks!
Any questions?
You can find me at @nicolopigna &
pignatelli.nicolo@gmail.com
Credits
Sources:
○ Mind Tools - The Cynefin
framework
○ Contextual leadership
○ A practical guide to Cynefin
○ Chris Corrigan - Blog
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