David J. Snowden | |
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Born | David John Snowden 1954 |
Nationality | Welsh |
Education |
BA (philosophy),
University of Lancaster, 1975 MBA, Middlesex Polytechnic, 1985 |
Occupation | Management consultant |
Employer(s) | The Cynefin Company, Singapore |
Known for | Cynefin framework |
Website | https://thecynefin.co/ |
David John Snowden (born 1954) is a Welsh management consultant and researcher in the field of knowledge management and the application of complexity science. Known for the development of the Cynefin framework, [1] Snowden is the founder and chief scientific officer of The Cynefin Company, a Singapore-based management-consulting firm specialising in complexity and sensemaking. [2]
Snowden graduated in 1975 with a BA (Hons) in philosophy from the University of Lancaster, where he was a member of County College. [3] He obtained an MBA in 1985 from Middlesex Polytechnic. [4]
Snowden worked for Data Sciences Ltd from 1984 until January 1997. [4] The company was acquired by IBM in 1996. [5] The following year Snowden set up IBM Global Services's Knowledge and Differentiation Programme. [6]
While at IBM Snowden researched the importance of storytelling within organisations, particularly in relation to expressing tacit knowledge. [7] [8] [9] In 2000 he became European director of the company's Institute for Knowledge Management, [4] and in 2002 he founded the IBM Cynefin Centre for Organisational Complexity. [10] During this period he led a team that developed the Cynefin framework, a decision-making tool. [11] [12] [13]
Snowden left IBM in 2004 and a year later founded Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd, a management-consulting firm based in Singapore, now trading as The Cynefin Company. [14]
Snowden is the author of several articles and book chapters on the Cynefin framework, the development of narrative as a research method, and the role of complexity in sensemaking. [2] In 2008 he and co-author Mary E. Boone won an "Outstanding Practitioner-Oriented Publication in OB" award from the Academy of Management's Organizational Behavior division for a Harvard Business Review article on Cynefin. [15] [16] In 2008–2009 he wrote a column for KMWorld on trends in technology, "Everything is fragmented". [17] He was an editor-in-chief of the journal Emergence: Complexity and Organization. [18]
David J. Snowden | |
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Born | David John Snowden 1954 |
Nationality | Welsh |
Education |
BA (philosophy),
University of Lancaster, 1975 MBA, Middlesex Polytechnic, 1985 |
Occupation | Management consultant |
Employer(s) | The Cynefin Company, Singapore |
Known for | Cynefin framework |
Website | https://thecynefin.co/ |
David John Snowden (born 1954) is a Welsh management consultant and researcher in the field of knowledge management and the application of complexity science. Known for the development of the Cynefin framework, [1] Snowden is the founder and chief scientific officer of The Cynefin Company, a Singapore-based management-consulting firm specialising in complexity and sensemaking. [2]
Snowden graduated in 1975 with a BA (Hons) in philosophy from the University of Lancaster, where he was a member of County College. [3] He obtained an MBA in 1985 from Middlesex Polytechnic. [4]
Snowden worked for Data Sciences Ltd from 1984 until January 1997. [4] The company was acquired by IBM in 1996. [5] The following year Snowden set up IBM Global Services's Knowledge and Differentiation Programme. [6]
While at IBM Snowden researched the importance of storytelling within organisations, particularly in relation to expressing tacit knowledge. [7] [8] [9] In 2000 he became European director of the company's Institute for Knowledge Management, [4] and in 2002 he founded the IBM Cynefin Centre for Organisational Complexity. [10] During this period he led a team that developed the Cynefin framework, a decision-making tool. [11] [12] [13]
Snowden left IBM in 2004 and a year later founded Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd, a management-consulting firm based in Singapore, now trading as The Cynefin Company. [14]
Snowden is the author of several articles and book chapters on the Cynefin framework, the development of narrative as a research method, and the role of complexity in sensemaking. [2] In 2008 he and co-author Mary E. Boone won an "Outstanding Practitioner-Oriented Publication in OB" award from the Academy of Management's Organizational Behavior division for a Harvard Business Review article on Cynefin. [15] [16] In 2008–2009 he wrote a column for KMWorld on trends in technology, "Everything is fragmented". [17] He was an editor-in-chief of the journal Emergence: Complexity and Organization. [18]