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Using SenseMaker®, uncover the real story behind your organisation. Cheap surveys tell you what is happening, but rarely why. The SenseMaker® tool delves deeper, capturing authentic, self-interpreted stories from employees, customers, or stakeholders. This approach reveals the

Meetup to discuss applying Cynefin tools and theory in high-pressure clinical settings, examining how sensemaking happens in real time within emergency departments. Dr Charmaine Cunningham  is a seasoned Cynefin practitioner, and you can explore her papers and the resources

𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 - 2025. We are organising a retreat, the theme is ‘What does it mean to be human?’ We were inspired by our Snowdonia retreat earlier in the year, where this question arose repeatedly. In this new age of machine

🔹 Virtual Estuarine Mapping Workshop, November. Join the #Cynefin Co team to explore Estuarine Mapping – a method and framework that offers a flexible approach to understanding and mapping complex contexts, with fresh approaches to setting direction and strategies in

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠? Estuarine Mapping is a strategy tool that helps organisations deal with uncertainty during change. Instead of relying on a single fixed plan, it's helpful to explore different possible paths when it's difficult to

QuickSense designed in 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫® 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 that enables people to quickly make sense of their context 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 #𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫. Since the launch of QuickSense last year, we have been

Engagement Demonstrator offers limited access to #Sensemaker Platform for testing and demonstrating its capabilities within your organisation or those of your clients. You can set up demonstrator frameworks (with limited entries per engagement), gain access to public data sets

We’re happy to let you know that 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐱𝐢 has now officially gone into production! Thanks to your support, we reached our pre-order target, and the process is now underway. 𝐓𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞

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𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫®, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬. Scenario: A Global Tech Company Faces High Employee Turnover. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞: You’re a mid-sized global tech firm. On paper, things appear to be fine: HR surveys report

SenseMaker® is a software platform/tool for #narrative 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. Our SenseMaker memberships are designed for #researchers, facilitators, and change-makers who want to explore complexity with rigour, creativity, and care. These memberships are designed for not-for-profit

𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 - Dave Snowden, 2023. 👉 thecynefin.co/patterns-and-p… Dave Snowden reflects on Jeremy Lent’s The Patterning Instinct, a work that challenges Cartesian dualism

𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 A𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. How can we meaningfully teach #leadership at a postgraduate level—beyond lists of traits and theory descriptions? Charmaine Cunningham shares how she

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠? MIT’s MicroMasters team didn’t chase a fixed roadmap. Instead, they used 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫® to collect real stories and identify what's already moving and 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞

Example Case Study: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 a𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 c𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐈 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡? AI is powerful — but when it comes to messy, emotional, human stories, 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞-𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. Not now. Maybe not

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Applying the Cynefin Framework: 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 (How to use #Cynefin Framework - an example case study) 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 1: 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 Break down