Cynefin Framework
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Clear, complicated, complex, chaotic, confused
When to use it: Choosing the right approach for the situation — best practice, expert analysis, experiment, or stabilize-first.
Why it works: Stops you applying best-practice playbooks to genuinely complex situations.
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