Episode 69: Estuarine Mapping with Dave Snowden

28/05/2023 59 min Temporada 2
Episode 69: Estuarine Mapping with Dave Snowden

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In this episode of The Thinking Leader, Bryce Hoffman and Marcus Dimbleby talk with Dave Snowden, father of the Cynefin framework and Founder of The Cynefin Company.
 
They discuss Dave’s latest addition to the Cynefin framework, Estuarine Mapping. Dave talks about Estuarine Mapping’s roots in the constructor theory of quantum mechanics, as well as its strong basis in philosophy and biology. Estuarine Mapping breaks down management into constraints and constructors, emphasizing the flows of possibility in any system.
 
Dave also gives his opinion on Agile and how it has entered a commodification phase, particularly due to the introduction of SAFe. Bryce, Marucs, and Dave talk about the benefits of the different methodologies of Agile, how the Cynefin framework fits into Agile, and the future of Agile.
 
In this episode:

What is Estuarine Mapping and how it fits into the Cynefin ecosystem
How to enable and govern your constraints to work for you
How SAFe has caused the commodification of Agile
Why companies don't always take the right path

 
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Read Dave’s EU manual here: https://op.europa.eu/s/yIv5 
 
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Bestselling business author Bryce Hoffman and agility expert Marcus Dimbleby talk about decision making, strategy, resilience and leadership with some of the world’s best CEOs, cognitive scientists, writers, and thinkers in this weekly podcast. Each episode offers new ideas and insights you can use to become a better leader and a better thinker – because bad leaders react, good leaders plan, and great leaders think!