From the course: Leading through Chaos
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Principles of sensemaking
From the course: Leading through Chaos
Principles of sensemaking
- I grew up hearing my mother say common sense isn't so common. From Voltaire to Mark Twain, many great thinkers have made similar observations. So when a person says to use a common sense approach, there is an underlying assumption that there is some set of standard judgment that is accepted and agreed upon by most people. That simply isn't true, and this is why using common sense fails when leading through chaos. What you need instead is sensemaking. Sensemaking is comprised of seven principles. After this lesson, you will be able to recognize when these principles are working together holistically. The consistent application of these principles in times of calm provides the practice you need to easily leverage these principles When an organization experiences a monumental shift. First, sensemaking is said to be grounded in identity construction, or how a group creates or develops its group identity. This simply means…
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