Situational leadership involves adjusting one’s leadership style to fit with an employee’s needs.  It is a fundamental concept for people managers and leaders alike. Using a situational approach in decision making is of equal importance. The Cynefin framework describes a situation-based approach for making decisions at all levels of leadership.

Every day we make important decisions about our work and business. In order to improve our chances for success, we need to understand the nature of the systems we are working with in order to take appropriate action. Failing to recognize the nature of the situation at hand results in misinformed decisions with potentially catastrophic consequences.

This workshop introduces the Cynefin framework, which enables a better understanding of systems, how they differ, and how to correctly approach actions depending on the context of the situation. Cynefin is a sense-making framework that focuses on how people perceive and make sense of situations in order to make decisions. The framework has five domains to characterize the situation and advise leaders on acting in ways appropriate to the context. This workshop also demonstrates practical exercises that can be used at work to enable better decision making.