Thoughts on Complexity (this might get complicated ...)

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There was an article by Niels Pfl?ging about the Cynefin framework and other complexity theories - it's here: https://lnkd.in/eCPMPbeH. Below his article, there are also already some comments.

I have the impression that partially, Pfl?ging and Snowden use the same words, but with different meaning, which is not so obvious. This leads to part of the disagreement.

??'?? ???????? ???? ???????? ???????? - ??????????????????????????, ???? ???????????????? ???????? ???????????? - ????????????????, ?????????????????? ???? ???????? ???? ?????????????????????? ?????????????? ????????????????.

• For example: Pfl?ging argues correctly that aspects of complicated and complex very often appear mixed in a situation, both parts are present, not "clearly" just one and not the other. He uses this to reject the separated domains in Cynefin.
• ?? Snowden also writes that both often exist "overlapping", and his model is often drawn with crooked lines to symbolize that reality is not clear-cut black or white. I had wondered why the areas don't overlap though, also.
• Snowden created "overlapping" matrices of his domains, for example in this 01/24 article: https://lnkd.in/eD7qZe96 ... where he writes that "?????? ?????????? ???????????? ?????? ?????? ?????????? ????????????????????, ???????????????????? ???? ?????? ?????? ???????????? ???? ?????????? ????????????????????."

• Another point is: Pfl?ging argues that there is no real difference between "clear" (simple) and "complicated".
• ?? I agree, with a "but": I don't understand Snowden to say that there is a fundamental difference in the domains, but that the differentiator for him is that in "clear", there is ?????? ?????????? ????????????????.
• ... Whereas in "complicated", there are good solutions that can be found by the experts, but there may be different good solutions. Not like most math problems that just have one right solution. ... So this different use of "clear" and "complicated" to me makes sense (and ... isn't it all about ?????????????????????? ???)

• The "middle domain" which sometimes is called "confused" or "disorder", now is called ???????????????? or ???????????????????? - seems to be an important "enabler" in Snowden's Cynefin sensemaking framework.
• ?? Citing Socrates as "???? ????????????????, ???????????? ???? ???????????????????? ???? ?????? ?????????? ???? ?????????? ?????? ???? ???????? ???????????????????? ???? ?????????? ???? ??????????" he writes: "?????? ?????????????? ???? ???????????????? ???????????? ???? ???? ???????????? ?? ?????????? ???? ???????????????????????? ??????????????????, ?? ?????????????????????? ???????? ?????? ???????? ???? ?????????? ??????????????????????" ... So aporia is triggered deliberately in situations where people are wanted to not fall back into their usual thinking and comfort zone - an unease that is necessary to think in new ways. ... But I have not read about that enough yet personally.

• ?? Dave Snowden's own top 2 of his top 10 "common errors in using Cynefin" (article: https://thecynefin.co/cynefin-st-davids-2021-3-of-3/) are: (don't do's) 1. ?????????? ?????????????? ???? ?? ?????? ???? ?????? ???????????? ?????? ?????????? ???????????????????????????? 2. ???????????????? ???????? ?????????????? ?????? ?????? ?????????? ???????????? ?????? ?????? ???????? ??????????in the same above article, Snowden argues several more points that may touch the view of Pfl?ging, one of them being on "??????????", stating that "?????????? ???? ???? ?????????????????? ???? ?????? ????????.????????????? ???????? ?????????????????????????? ?????????? ?????? ?????????????? ?????????? ????????, ?????? ?????? ???????? ???? ???????? ?????????????????????? ???? ?????????????????? ??????????????????????." - this might be the point.

• ?? Three more phrases by Snowden about Cynefin that I found interesting are:

- ?????????????? ???? ?????? ?????????? ???????????? ????????????????????????????, ???? ???? ?????????? ???????????????? ???????????? ?????? ?????????????? ??????????????

- "??????'?? ???????????? ??????????????-???????? ?????????????????? - ???? ???????? ???? ?? ??????????????-???????????????? ??????????"

- ?????????????? ???? ?? ??????????????-???????????????? ??????????????????, ?????????????? ???? ?????? ???????????????????? ???????????????????? ?????????????? ?????????? ???????????????? ??????????????????????, ???????????????????? ?????? ????????????????????

I also found even the English Wikipedia article on Cynefin pretty good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin_framework

?? Al Shalloway posted a link to a webinar on complexity that he did a couple of weeks ago that is recommendable and offers some good thoughts on not becoming overwhelmed by complexity: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/b5kvx2lyzc92cf7fgte4m/Complexity2.mp4?rlkey=17rk2jk5cbkxso8yh96j9qg29&dl=0

I hope you found this article interesting and would love to hear your thoughts!

Best regards - Thorsten Speil

PS We profit from the different things each of us knows. I encourage everybody to embrace this thinking whenever you meet people that are "different" from you. You are different, too, aren't you? There are way too many people in the world today that try to gain power themselves by dividing people into "us" and "them", using anger, hate and separation. The future will be terrible if we bow down to this.