# Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023
A course from The Cynefin Co: https://thecynefin.co/events/?_events_categories=basecamps
Original brief:
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 highly engaging virtual environment, this course is a “must do” learning opportunity for 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.
# Backlinks
- Complex Facilitation
- A body of work containing technique. I first discovered this from Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023.
- Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023
- Observer effect may impact a complex system
- This story was shared in Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023 where they noticed that a company was shifting their behaviours when visited by McKinsey. The consultants were not even hired yet, they were there to propose something, but the entire Complex System has changed when they observe the visit (Observer effect).
- How and when should the word scan be used in Cynefin?
- One of the theme I noticed from Cynefin framework practitioners is the use of word scan, which is pretty pervasive in Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023.
- Bias to action could be a disease in complex domain
- First heard being framed as a disease from Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023
- 3I of Anthro-Complexity
- Three systems through complexity science
- It seems like there are different ways to define these three systems, look at the references below to differentiate them, one from the Cynefin 101 Getting Started video, one from the Cynefin 101 Getting Started text one, from the Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023, and one from the wiki.
- Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023
- Verbs to act in Complex System
- After studying Cynefin through Cynefin 101 Getting Started and Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023, it becomes obvious that there are different verbs that practitioners are deliberately using to act in Complex system, with the intention to reflect the complex attribute (like Non-linear Causality).
- Anthro-Complexity
- Compare and contrast key questions
- Types of constraints
- Forest example for complex system
- Complex system should be probed to reveal its dispositional state
- Cynefin domains can be derived from emotions
- Cynefin practitioners prefer hexagonal sticky notes
- One of the interesting thing I discover from Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023 is the Cynefin framework seems to prefer the hexagonal sticky notes.
- Designing parallel safe-to-try probes
- Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023 | Day 4
- Humans can behave as any of the three systems
- Think of an operating theatre where everyone behave like machines with clear roles (First heard from Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023)
- Linear Cynefin
- Paving desire path as an example of probing for dispositionality
- However, the idea of Dispositionality though can feel very abstract. In the Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023, the example used is the idea of a desire path.
- Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023
- Retrospective coherence should not be used for a complex domain
- Safe-to-fail probes
- Learnt from the Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023 that the term Safe-to-fail probes have been giving an issue in some organisations as they don't like the word failure.
- Should Cynefin be seen from a subjective or an objective lens?
- Silent Listening
- As per how I have experienced it in Cynefin Basecamp Nov 2023, a spokesperson was appointed in a group, and the rest of the participants will then be asked to remain silent and take notes in a shared board. Although this was not done in the basecamp, it typically ends with The Cynefin standard questions.