Cynefin Mapping: Trialectics

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬

• The diagram below maps the dominant weighting of each trialectic across the diagnostic columns used here: Aporetic, Complex, Clear, Complicated, and Chaos (Transitionary)
• The columns are drawn from the Cynefin framework itself.
  • Cynefin defines the diagnostic structure and does not appear as a row
• All three modes within each trialectic are always present, with the weighting shifting over time to reflect what is doing the most active work. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫

• Aporetic first as the most diagnostically important domain, then Complex, then Clear and Complicated (no boundary between them as both are ordered), then Chaos with a boundary to signal its transitionary status
• 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐰