Cynefin Lego® Game

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Cynefin & The Game

● Cynefin Framework by Dave Snowdenhttp://cognitive-edge.com/

● Cynefin Lego Game by Agile42 (CC BY-SA 3.0)http://www.agile42.com/en/blog/2011/12/25/cynefin-lego-game/

● Thanks also to Liz Keogh and Gojko Adzic.

Cynefin

Cynefin /ˈkʌnɨvɪn/ is a Welsh word, which is commonly translated into English as 'habitat' or 'place', [...]."But the actual translation is: the place of your multiple belongings"

(1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7oz366X0-8

The Cynefin Framework

It "explores the relationship between man, experience, and context"[1] and proposes new approaches to communication, decision-making, policy-making, and knowledge management in complex social environments.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin

But first a test

which of these go together, and which is the odd one out …

COW CHICKEN GRASS

Cynefin Lego® GameTeams of 4-5 people (one will act as a timekeeper)

4 exercises

A lot of bricks :)

Complete the exercise, retrospect and share your findings

Game released under CC 3.0 license by Agile 42http://www.agile42.com/en/blog/2011/12/25/cynefin-lego-game/

First ExerciseSort the bricks into colors, as quickly as possible.

Create one heap for all special pieces.

Decide in your team which pieces you want to treat as special.

Retrospective

Second ExerciseBuild a structure, as quickly as possible, according to the following rules:

At least 20 bricks high

Regular color pattern

Every new block that you add to the structure can’t be bigger than the one below it

Retrospective

End of Part 1

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Part 2

Third ExerciseDecide in 30 seconds to build either an animal or a vehicle. After that you work according to the following rules:

As in exercise 2, you need to create a regular color pattern.Each color of bricks must only be touched by one person in your team.

You are not allowed to talk.

Every minute, you (the entire team) need to switch tables, taking your unfinished work with you (but not the material).

Retrospective

Fourth ExerciseYour task is similar to the last one, but now you need to create a building or a plant.

At random times, the facilitator will touch a team member’s shoulder and indicate another table. That person then immediately joins a different team.

Retrospective

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Conclusions

Obvious

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Complicated

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Complex

Complex

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Complicated vs Complex

doing Agile vs being Agile

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140708224634-1177153-agile-is-not-a-noun

doing Agile vs being Agile

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Chaotic

https://hbr.org/2007/11/a-leaders-framework-for-decision-making

Uhm, yeah… the test

which of these go together, and which is the odd one out …

CHICKEN COW GRASS

Categorisation Relation

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