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Some thoughts on Cynefin

Cynefin is a framework developed by David Snowden and Mary Boone and presented concisely in the November 2007 edition of the Harvard Business Review. The premise of Cynefin is fairly straightforward, namely that different leadership approaches apply to different situations.

Cynefin is helpful in providing a robust taxonomy for understanding the context (or what some might [...]

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Biodiversity and urban planning

The Oslo Architecture Triennale 2010 is underway these days, and one of the key events is Man Made Tomorrow – meant to examine the consequences and sustainability of urbanization.

In response to a request from the conference, Kristi van Riet wrote a letter with some thoughts about the necessary shift needed in urban and transportation planning [...]

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Immersion

Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong. – H.L. Mencken, 1917

In business school, kudos went to the student who first figured out what the hell the case really was all about. It was all about being incisive, smart, able [...]

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