Approaches to Sensemaking

• Karl Weick‘s Sensemaking in Organizations: Karl E. Weick is considered a pioneer in organizational sensemaking theory. His seminal book “Sensemaking in Organizations” (1995) is a key reference. Weick identified seven properties of sensemaking and focused on sensemaking as a collective process in organizations.
• Brenda Dervin‘s Sense-Making Methodology: Brenda Dervin developed the Sense-Making Methodology, which is one of the distinct approaches to sensemaking.
• David Snowden‘s Cynefin Framework: David Snowden’s work on Naturalised Sense-making and the Cynefin Framework is another major school of thought in sensemaking.
• Gary Klein‘s Data-Frame Theory: Gary Klein developed the “Data-Frame Theory” of sensemaking, which is considered one of the main approaches.

see also:

• Schools of Sensemaking
• Sensemaking Methodology: A Liberation Theory of Communicative Agency

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