Sense Making in Disrupted Times - Working with the Cynefin Aporia Framework

The past few months and COVID have brought Complexity Thinking to the forefront of the Leadership competencies.

Traditional Leadership has long been rewarding the attitude of cracking on, sometimes through sheer grit, no matter the difficulties. This could only work in a world that was simpler and much more controllable. With the complexities at play and the many moving parts, new approaches are needed, and Complexity Thinking offers such frameworks.

What has been the experience in your organisation, in your teams, in your leadership in the past few months?

Aporia is part of the Cynefin sense-making framework. Aporia is a state of mind which allows us to, as Chris Corrigan states, “[confront] paradoxes and situations that have no resolution, no precedent and no right way forward.”

In this workshop, we’ll explore how deep individuals and organisations have fallen into a state of confusion as a result of COVID, resulting in further uncertainty. Through discussions and breakout sessions we’ll explore how Aporia can use in your team or organisation to make sense of the uncertainties. We’ll consider whether there are new pathways to explore and exploit to allow your team or organisation to recover from the crisis and/or use this time to find new business growth opportunities.

This workshop will welcome back Dean Latchana to the Digital Leadership Meetup to share his experience with Cynefin Aporia.
Dean's mission is to support organisations to succeed in a dynamic market by developing perspectives and ways of working that are contextual to their needs. Dean advises and guides organisations to gain a new set of competencies so they can continuously re-optimise to an ever-changing business landscape.