Principles, metaphors and checklists

There are a broad range of principles, list of features and such like which are used within the field.

Principles

• Design principles for managing complexity
• Principles for managing knowledge
• Principles for scaling a complex system
• Principles of complex facilitation

Metaphors

• Childrens' Party story
• The recipe book user and the chef
• The magnet metaphor
• The magic roundabout

Teaching stories

• Draft teaching stories

Check lists

• Cynefin exemplar kits
• Questions to consider
• Tests for coherence
• The standard question