At that time, and based on the first CBI handbook, I was arguing against the famous Data - Information - Knowledge - Wisdom (DIKW) pyramid.

Introduction

Framework (not method) – Cynefin is at its heart a decision support framework, not a method or model. It is based on the principle of ‘bounded applicability’;

Domains – Cynefin is a typology that describes three primary types of systems: Ordered, Complex, and Chaotic, each defined by the type of constraint, or absence thereof.

reality (ontology: how things are), perception (phenomenology: how we perceive things), and knowledge (epistemology: how we know things)

read the first four chapters starting here, then navigate back to this page to plan your journey

Cynefin values coherence and difference, even though they are in tension. Too much difference and things become incoherent. Too much coherence and things become too homogeneous.

What Cynefin is in BRIEF Dave Snowden

Constraints or boundaries create coherence.