The need or simply opportunities for sensemaking arise in situations that disrupt expectations or understanding. These situations often involve a need to make sense of something that is new, unexpected, or ambiguous.
A Story about the different aspects of sensemaking. Traditional approaches to understanding and prediction often fall short in complex systems. Agency, the ability to act effectively, needs constant feedback to direct the attention and to find appropriate ways of sensemaking and situational awareness.
How do we structure and prioritize our perception. Only a small part of the raw data actually makes it into our conscious perception. This part receives disproportionately more attention when we perceive our situation and when we try to understand what is going on in our environment.
Situation Awareness is a layered process that starts with the perception of essential environmental elements.
Cognitive mechanisms, goals, and experience influence this process. Understanding these levels and mechanisms allows one to design systems and training programs that effectively support and enhance SA in various complex and dynamic domains.
Sensemaking is the process by which people give meaning to their experiences and make sense of complex or ambiguous situations. It is a fundamental cognitive and social activity that helps individuals and organizations understand, interpret, and act in their environments.
In the canvas, we structure our steps according to the logic of the OODA Loop. The OODA Loop is a
