Complexity, Leadership, and the Cynefin Framework

The Cynefin Framework is a description of the nature of different situations. And each situation merits a different kind of leadership.
This video is part of course module number 3.11.3
Program 3: Managing and Leading Individuals
Course 11: Leadership
Section 3: Situational Leadership
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The Fiedler Contingency Theory of Leadership Effectiveness https://youtu.be/1WeKHqO3IoQ
Tannenbaum & Schmidt: The Leadership Continuum https://youtu.be/IW4XbC8Uc8U
A Generic Situational Leadership Model https://youtu.be/XAu3cIIvOZw
Commercial Situational Leadership Models https://youtu.be/79fiUq1Nxrw
Robert House and Path Goal Theory https://youtu.be/8aMGLxwn5r8
LESSON NOTES
The Cynefin Framework was developed by Dave Snowden and a great introduction is his 2007 Harvard Business Review article, ‘A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making’, co-written by David J Snowden and Mary E Boone.
https://hbr.org/2007/11/a-leaders-framework-for-decision-making
The Cynefin Framework divides the situations we encounter into different domains.
1. The Simple Domain
2. Complicated Domain
3. Complex Domain
4. Chaotic Domain
5. Disordered Domain
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1. Consider the last two significant problems that you and your team had to deal with. Think about the different aspects of each problem. What domain did each belongs to? (4 MC CPD Points)
2. Did you treat each according to your best understanding of its nature? What can you learn from reflecting on your experience? (4 MC CPD Points)
RECOMMENDED READING
There are a vast number of Leadership books - perhaps more than on any other management-related topic. And there is also a huge range represented in different lists of the best. This no-doubt reflects the different contexts for leadership.
So, any recommended reading list of leadership books must be particularly subjective. I have chosen those that made me think, and which are of particular value to managerial leaders: not sportspeople, military leaders, or CEOs. In no particular order:
Leaders Eat Last
https://geni.us/ZIawP8Y
Start with Why
https://geni.us/D8ZSs
Humble Leadership
https://geni.us/KMuCl
The Leadership Challenge
https://geni.us/nyQ3
The New Leaders
https://geni.us/5ziIw
Shackleton's Way
https://geni.us/Oicsj
Why should Anyone be Led by You
https://geni.us/xugbBk1
The Habit of Excellence
https://geni.us/VIz8Z
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CHAPTER MARKERS
00:00 - Complexity, Leadership, and the Cynefin Framework
00:19 - The Cynefin Framework
01:02 - The Simple Domain
01:47 - The Complicated Domain
02:49 - The Complex Domain
04:25 - The Chaotic Domain
05:30 - The Disordered Domain
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