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Dave Snowden is the creator of the Cynefin Framework and originated the design of SenseMaker®, the world’s first distributed ethnography tool. He is the lead author of Managing Complexity (and Chaos) in Times of Crisis: A Field Guide for Decision-makers, a shared effort between the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s science and knowledge service, and the Cynefin Centre.

Mark, Ponch, and Dave have a wide ranging talk about Dave’s work and its connection to the work and theories of John Boyd.

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//Dave Snowden and links to his work//
Dave Snowden Biography
Dave Snowden Sensemaker
Cynefin Workshops

//Books and briefs mentioned in this episode//
"The New Killer App: The OODA Loop and Cynefin Framework"  –  by Brian Rivera
How the Leopard Changed Its Spots  –  by Brian Goodwin
Cynefin: Weaving Sense-Making into the Fabric of Our World  –  by Dave Snowden
Grammatical Man, Information, Entropy, Language, and Life  –  by Jeremy Campbell
Cybernetics  –  by F. H. George

//Theories mentioned in this episode//
The Cynefin Framework

//The Papers of John R. Boyd//
John R. Boyd Collection, COLL/2949, Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division, Quantico, VA.

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