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#Cynefin Method – The Anthro-Complexity The 21st Century school of Anthro-Complexity is …

#Cynefin Method – The Anthro-Complexity

The 21st Century school of Anthro-Complexity is an associated body of theory and practice which draws on natural science informed philosophical thinking (including, but not limited to, #complex adaptive systems theory) in order to address questions of “how humanity makes sense of this world in order to act within it?”

The praxis of #complexity in human systems: Anthro-Complexity is a way of framing the ordinary, everyday landscape of human interaction. As such, the domain is rooted in the sense-making realms within which ordinary people, everywhere, have always navigated (and may always continue to navigate) their ordinary, everyday lives. All associated “naturalised #sensemaking” theory.

Dave Snowden has repeatedly noted how “dealing with uncertainty” was a key driver for his development of theory around Anthro-Complexity.

The 3Is of Anthro-Complexity:

💡 Intelligence – because no matter where we stand on human cognition being embodied, embedded, enculturated and enabling, and perhaps also enacted and extended, we need to allow for reflection on experience, for abstraction from experience, and for all else that we associate with higher levels of #cognition.

💡 Intentionality – because in recognising that how humans are attracted to different opportunities for action goes beyond responding to stimuli, Anthro-Complexity foregrounds matters relating to purpose (or priorities) in ways which highlight our facility with abstraction and which introduces deliberative choice and goal setting.

💡 Identity – because our awareness of the fluidity in how we “show up” in different contexts, and of the way we hold lightly or tightly to any coherence we perceive in how we take things as unfolding, means those of us navigating Anthro-Complexity must delve into notions of recognition, respect and dignity in ways which we commonly find difficult to convey outside of our #narratives.

Read Dave Snowden thinking on the domain “Anthro-Complexity” 👇

🌟 Anthro-complexity & aesthetics

https://thecynefin.co/anthro-complexity-aesthetics/

🌟 Making distinctions

https://thecynefin.co/twelvetide-1801/

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