Your leaders behave like heroes? Your business may be in trouble!
The Cynefin framework distinguishes five contexts which are defined by the nature of the cause-and-effect relationship between business challenges and appropriate solutions.
From my perspective each context requires a different leadership style. Typical organisations seem to have too many HEROES, and too few GARDENERS and GUARDIANS. Would you agree?
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (domain of the best practise characterized by stability and clear cause-and-effect relationship):
โฐ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ: Senseโบcategorizeโบrespond. Command and control works best, little communication is needed.
โฐ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ-๐๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ: ๐๐๐๐๐
โฐ๐๐ช๐ฑ: Try to automatize activities to maximize efficiency.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (multiple right answers possible):
โฐ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ: Senseโบanalyseโบrespond to come up with an effective response.
โฐ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ-๐๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ: ๐๐๐๐๐๐
โฐ๐๐ช๐ฑ: Continuously improve your processes and systems and strengthen the competencies of the experts in the team.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (no right solution, everything is in a constant flux and changes are emerging, we understand why things happen only in retrospect):
โฐ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ: Probeโบsenseโบrespond, โsafe to failโ experiments to understand the environment better.
โฐ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ-๐๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โฐ๐๐ช๐ฑ: Strengthen the ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ (Identity, Artful Participation, Conflict Resolution, Communication, Organisational Alignment, Decision-Making, Execution, Learning)
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (realm of the unknowables, the relationship between cause and effect cannot be determined):
โฐ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ: Actโบsenseโบrespond. Do something and assess if the action is bringing you a step towards a more comfortable place.
โฐ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ-๐๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ: ๐๐๐๐
โฐ๐๐ช๐ฑ: Be aware of power games and try to move your business out of that space by leveraging the ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ
๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (โI donโt knowโ or โI donโt know that I donโt knowโ which context I am in):
โฐ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ: Here it is all about increasing consciousness.
โฐ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ-๐๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โฐ๐๐ช๐ฑ: always remind yourself that your standard activities from yesterday may not be appropriate anymore in todayโs context.
For information about the Cynefin framework developed byย Dave Snowdenย please find here an insightful HBR article.
https://lnkd.in/dPaVDa5