Evolution of Cynefin Framework

Dave Snowden

• Cynefin provides for three primary domains (ordered, complex & chaotic)
• The fourth aporetic state is where it is equiprobably into which domain the issue or solution will fall
• They expand to nine when you add liminality, and in full use, we also focus on shifts or movements between domains
• It is designed to satisfy a simple test – can people draw it on the back of a table napkin with minimal training?