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  • The concept of cynefin is essential to the life and livelihood of shepherds such as Esther's father.

    The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies: Questions 2007

  • The sheep are likely the happiest characters in the book because they are bound by cynefin, a word that apparently has no English equivalent but means a sense of place.

    The Welsh Girl: Summary and book reviews of The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies. 2007

  • Ac roedd y pethau cynefin yn y gymdogaeth yn edrych yn newydd.

    Blogiadur.com 2009

  • Aside from the keynote I ran a session in the afternoon for those interested in which we did a cynefin workshop with ritual dissent.

    Cognitive Edge 2009

  • The notion of launch and learn reminds me of the cynefin approach to complex environments: looks at five domains (the 5th is Disorder) and it shows how our reliance on backward-looking tools, such as best practices, is not a suitable strategy for complex environments:

    unknown title 2008

  • Ers talwm, roedd teuluoedd yn aros yn eu cynefin am ganrifoedd, ond erbyn heddiw mae pobl yn symud mwy ac mae llawer eisiau gwybod o ble maen nhw'n dod a beth yw cefndir eu hynafiaid ac ati, "meddai Rheinallt, a ddaw'n wreiddiol o Sir Feirionnydd ond sydd bellach yn byw yn Aberystwyth.

    WalesOnline - Home 2009

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