S4E83: Project management under conditions of inherent uncertainty with Dave Snowden

<!-- wp:paragraph {"dropCap":true} --> <p class="has-drop-cap">In this episode, the lads talk to Dave Snowden about his experience and depth of understanding in the fields of knowledge management and complexity theory. Dave is a riveting guest with stories, studies and methods that appeal to the sensible project manager. Moreover, Dave helped connect deeper studies with project management and delivery. This approach of 'sensemaking' just makes sense. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>David John Snowden</strong> (born 1954) is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_people">Welsh</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_consulting">management consultant</a> and researcher in the field of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_management">knowledge management</a> and the application of complexity science. Known for the development of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin_framework">Cynefin framework</a>,^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Snowden#cite_note-1">[1]</a>} Snowden is the founder and chief scientific officer of Cognitive Edge, a Singapore-based management consulting firm specialising in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complexity">complexity</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemaking">sensemaking</a>.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Snowden#cite_note-Bio-2">[2]</a>} </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dave is the Director of the Cynefin Centre, Chief Scientific Officer Cognitive Edge. Creator of the Cynefin Framework. Lead author EU Field Guide to managing in Complexity (and crisis). His focus is on naturalising sense-making as an emerging trans-disciplinary field of study.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The main topics we discussed on the podcast were as follows:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>The world of Project Management is likely to be more uncertain than it is at present</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp