Leader Sensemaking and Change
Leaders make sense of and engage with transformative organizational change through a complex process primarily driven by their own sensemaking. This process is not straightforward and is influenced by their existing beliefs, experiences, and the social context, according to Ronald Skea, author of “Leadership, Organizational Change, and Sensemaking (2021)”. Successful change in thinking begins with […]
What Sensemaking During Crises Teaches us About Change
Crises are characterized by low probability/high consequence events that challenge organizational goals and defy easy interpretation. In his 1988 study of leader sensemaking Karl Weick introduces and explores the concept of enacted sensemaking in the context of organizational crises, arguing that the actions taken to understand a crisis can paradoxically worsen it. Drawing on examples […]
Sensemaking: A Primer
“Sensemaking” has become a critical concept in organizational change, particularly within lean and complexity-aware approaches. It refers to an ongoing process through which people identify, interpret, understand, and create meaning when faced with ambiguous or changing circumstances. In other words, sensemaking is how individuals and groups make sense of what is happening around them, especially […]