Why this module matters

  • Helps you diagnose the type of problem you're facing

    Understand the difference between clear, complicated, complex, and chaotic situations, so you know what you're actually dealing with.

  • Matches your approach to the problem type

    Learn which forms of leadership, decision-making, and action are needed in each domain, instead of applying a one-size-fits-all approach.

  • Builds a framework you can apply to your own context

    Use the Cynefin framework to assess complexity in your own work and respond more effectively to uncertainty and change.

Learning Outcomes

A detailed breakdown of the main learning outcomes for this module

  • Map the complexity of problems through the Cynefin domains

  • Apply different approaches that better "match" the problem type

  • Use the Cynefin framework in your own context

  • Critically reflect on your own preferences and tendencies in various domains

Practise with hands-on exercises

In this exercise kit, you will map a real-world challenge from your own work onto the Cynefin framework, reflect on which domain it falls into, and compare your mapped challenge with your team's to see how complexity shows up differently across contexts.

Instructor(s)

Marco Valente

Complexity expert

Marco helps leaders and teams, at the highest organizational levels, find their way forward in complex, messy challenges. Through a flexible array of simple practices, he will help you with approaches that are easy to use and that help you develop bigger minds over time. His fluency in facilitation provides us flexible design options to create meaningful leadership development experiences, and in creating the right dialogue formats for you to get great work done, find your answer in complexity, all the while learning and developing as a team and as leaders over time.

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