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Cynefin framework
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<p>The Cynefin framework is a <a href="/facts/Conceptual_framework/47772FXG">conceptual framework</a> used to aid <a href="/facts/Decision-making/NbJYprSw">decision-making</a>. Created in 1999 by <a href="/facts/Dave_Snowden/VgeH7Cs8">Dave Snowden</a> when he worked for <a href="/facts/IBM_Global_Services/vR5j21aT">IBM Global Services</a>, it has been described as a "<a href="/facts/Sensemaking/zRXo87oc">sense-making</a> device". <i>Cynefin</i> is a <a href="/facts/Welsh_language/4Pz8r6yk">Welsh</a> word for 'habitat'. </p><p>Cynefin offers five decision-making contexts or "domains"—<i>clear</i> (also known as <i>simple</i> or <i>obvious</i>), <i>complicated</i>, <i>complex</i>, <i>chaotic</i>, and <i>confusion</i> (or <i>disorder</i>)—that help managers to identify how they perceive situations and make sense of their own and other people's behaviour. The framework draws on research into <a href="/facts/Systems_theory/C56Ck7DQ">systems theory</a>, <a href="/facts/Complexity_theory_and_organizations/XH91KN0k">complexity theory</a>, <a href="/facts/Network_theory/m6CQovwm">network theory</a> and <a href="/facts/Learning_theory_(education)/uuYQ4BHW">learning theories</a>. </p>