I hold University of Michigan Professor Karl Weick in high regard for his lifetime’s work on sensemaking. Put simply, sensemaking is the process of making sense of the social world around you. It goes ...

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Organizational sensemaking describes how individuals and groups interpret uncertain or novel situations to guide collective action. It unfolds through cycles of noticing cues, enacting environments, ...

Ibarra, H., and S. Andrews. "Power, Social Influence, and Sense Making: Effects of Network Centrality and Proximity on Employee Perceptions." Administrative Science ...

The chaotic: a space so turbulent that cause and effect are unknown; strategically, it is not clear what to do with any measure of certainty. –Christopher Bellavita, Director of Programs for the Naval ...