David Snowden is the founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Cognitive Edge, an independent organisation that manages an open source approach to consultancy method as well as software development and research. He is co-author of the award-winning November 2007 Harvard Business Review cover article "A Leader’s Guide to Decision Making" and creator of the Cynefin Framework, which is the equivalent of a master class for executives, academics, Cognitive Edge Accredited Practitioners and other leaders in their fields.
His work extends across government and industry in a variety of fields including knowledge management, strategic planning, conflict resolution, weak signal detection, decision support and organisational development.
Snowden and Boone’s article won the Academy of Management award in 2008 as the best practitioner paper.