Cynefin Basecamp

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This is an entry-level programme designed to be taught by CE facilitators as well as third parties

• To join a Basecamp please connect to the Cognitive Edge web site
• Cynefin® Basecamp can also be facilitated as an in-company training workshop with customised content based on the context of the hiring organisation. Please get in touch at mailto:training@cognitive-edge.com for further details.

Learning objectives

Virtual Cynefin® Basecamp is an immersive experience of complexity, introducing participants to the application of the Cynefin® framework and its tools and methods through first-person participation. Currently offered in a virtual environment, this course is aimed at those new to complexity and Cynefin®. For those who are well-read in the subject but want to refresh their knowledge, this course offers an opportunity to engage with others in learning about Cynefin® practices in today’s context.

Overview

• Four 3-hour virtually facilitated sessions.
• Course pre-work and in-between session study: Video lectures, reading
• Available instructional languages:
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Dutch/German
  • French (in development)

Participants will

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Session 1

The following methods and concepts are covered in Session 1:

• Anecdote circles
• Introduction to Complex facilitation
• What is a system? including the three main types of system and the metaphor of solid, liquid and gas
• Introduction to complex adaptive systems theory
• recipe & chef metaphor

Session 2

• Linear construction of Cynefin
• Cynefin contextualisation
• Introduction to the Cynefin® Framework Part I

Session 3

• Introduction to the Cynefin® Framework Part II
• Introduction to Constraints (Fixed, enabling, governing, no effective)
• Design principles for managing complexity

Session 4

• Liminality
• Aporia and Confusion brief overview, not in detail
• Cynefin Dynamics brief overview, not in detail
• General principles of bounded applicability
• Designing a portfolio of safe-to-fail probes
• Individual case studies are selected from the wider body of material
• How to engage with this Wiki to learn about other methods and concepts in the Cynefin® eco-system