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  It is Glyndŵr's day in Cymru (Wales) and in celebration today's post looks at a key aspect of democracy through the lives of three Welsh princes and two Welsh politicians. https://thecynefin.co/damned-magician/

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  Completing the somewhat ad hoc series on the misappropriation & misuse of the 'complexity' word. https://thecynefin.co/old-wine-new-wineskins/

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  The Autumn Equinox is here so I've published the becoming traditional summary of the last quarter's blog posts https://thecynefin.co/at-the-autumn-equinox/

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  I'm pleased to welcome our guest blogger for the week Maritina Dimopoulou. In this first of three posts, she addresses the key question of salience. The Cynefin Company https://thecynefin.co/on-salience/

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  Second post from our guest blogger Maritina Dimopoulou this time on Tensegrity, Lotus and a pair of chocolate-coloured suede boots (Elvis fans should not get excited) https://thecynefin.co/tensegrity-lotus-part-1/

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  Why it may be time to move on from holons, and what the estuary offers in their place: a middle position between Whitehead's lure and Latour's flatness and introducing a series on the use of the novel to teach and, more importantly, practice philosophy. https://thecynefin.co/neither-cave-nor-plain/

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  I promised a series on using novels and other aesthetic forms, as the basis for a Philosophy undergraduate degree and here is the first, using the novels of Dostoevsky https://thecynefin.co/novels-for-philosophy-dostoevsky/

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  An interim post in my 'teach philosophy through novels' series: a polemical post on the need to read without being spoon-fed. It also indicates where the series is going and invites suggestions. https://thecynefin.co/why-the-novel-has-no-understudy/

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  A preliminary announcement of the Cynefin Field Guide, five years in the making and available this month - register via the link. https://thecynefin.co/five-years-in-the-field/

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  More on the new Cynefin Field Guide and a first view of some of the pages. https://thecynefin.co/design-in-the-field/

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  An opening salvo on differentiating anthro-complexity from behaviouralism (In both crude and more sophisticated forms). https://thecynefin.co/change-the-banks-not-the-water/

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  Another reveal on the Cynefin Field Guide and an update on orders. https://thecynefin.co/back-to-the-sources/

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  More on elephants, icebergs and levers in substantial agreement with Dr Mike C Jackson OBE. https://thecynefin.co/shooting-the-elephant/

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  Why we should stop demonising Taylor and Scientific Management: the rise of Simplistic Systems Thinking (SST) versus CST. The dangers of complexity science becoming Simplistic Complexity Thinking (SCT): rebranding design thinking in complexity clothing. https://thecynefin.co/we-need-to-talk-about-taylor/

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  A first follow-on post on behaviourism, sparked by a single-line comment I made on social media: Behaviour is the shadow of conditions. This post asks the question: If behaviour is shaped by conditions, why does the market keep buying interventions aimed at persons? https://thecynefin.co/map-dont-trace/

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  Almost there and a 125-page work of art, the Cynefin Field Guide, available on Amazon next week with a special art edition and bulk purchase options - sign up here: https://thecynefin.co/the-cynefin-field-guide/

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  Another in the anthro-complexity series, looking at similarities & differences with others. This time, two Italians: the historian Ginzburg and the philosopher Vico. This series is a little academic, but I try to draw out major implications for practice. https://thecynefin.co/reading-the-tracks-vico-ginzburg-anthro-complexity/

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  Brief reflections (and thanks) on the occasion of us publishing the Cynefin Field Book today https://thecynefin.co/handing-on-a-torch/

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  Continuing the trialectic series with organisational change: perturbate, transit, and transform. It also brings together some material from an older 7-part series on culture change. The three are mapped to Cynefin, but also to scaffolding types https://thecynefin.co/neither-repair-nor-revolution/

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  The first of two posts looking at change in organisations and society through the metaphor of building on brown-field and green-field sites. https://thecynefin.co/on-a-brownfield/

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  Fourth post in the channel and the estuary series: "Colonial history is systematic dredging. Not metaphorically: structurally. The removal of language. The suppression of indigenous legal systems. The replacement of communal land tenure with individual title." https://thecynefin.co/the-channel-and-the-estuary-4-5/