it appears helpful to try categorizing a thing into one of complex, complicated, obvious or chaotic; and proceed accordingly Cynefin Framework is a framework to decide on the strategic action given the situation, or to gauge the interest of people, or to understand the individual preference. FIXME: add custom visualization with number of solutions on one axis and clarity of solutions on another axis; explain more ![[Screenshot 2022-04-04T16.15.png]] ![[Screenshot 2022-05-05T19.17.png]] ### Some example - Team structure: some people might naturally gravitate towards problems that are *complicated*, some towards problems that are *complex*, some towards problems that are *obvious*. - This might give a direction into how to assemble a team; to have a team capable of handling both *the complex* and *the complicated, and *the obvious* - Software engineering: understanding a technology seems *complicated*, discovering how to best name the entity objects seem *complex* ### Further reading - Original source here from HBR: [A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making](https://hbr.org/2007/11/a-leaders-framework-for-decision-making) - [The Cynefin Framework - Problem-Solving Skills From MindTools.com](https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/cynefin-framework.htm)