Sensemaking - Wikiparency

# Sensemaking ## Links (Wikipedia order)  `Abductive_reasoning` · `Bhopal_disaster` · `Change_management` · `Command_and_control` · `Concept_map` · `Conceptual_framework` · `Cynefin_framework` · [[Decision-making]] · `Diagrammatic_reasoning` · `Institutional_logic` · `Intention` · `Knowledge_management` · `Meaning-making` · `Narrative` · `Patient_safety` · `Problem_structuring_methods` · `Reflective_equilibrium` · `Semantics` · `Semiotics` · `Sensemaking_(information_science)` · `System_of_systems` · `United_States_Department_of_Defense` > Summary stub · part of Systems Science · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemaking) ## Summary Sensemaking or sense-making is the process by which people give meaning to their collective experiences. It has been defined as "the ongoing retrospective development of plausible images that rationalize what people are doing" (Weick, Sutcliffe, & Obstfeld, 2005, p. 409). The concept was introduced to organizational studies by Karl E. Weick in the late 1960's and has affected both theory and practice. ## Key points - Sensemaking or sense-making is the process by which people give meaning to their collective experiences - It has been defined as "the ongoing retrospective development of plausible images that rationalize what people are doing" (Weick, Sutcliffe, & Obstfeld, 2005, p - The concept was introduced to organizational studies by Karl E - Related to systems science as a key concept or application ## Relation to Systems Science Sensemaking is an important concept within the broader systems science framework. ## Sources - [Sensemaking — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemaking) Back to Systems Science ---  ## Semiotic profile > *The semiotic universals this article invokes, machine-derived from the crossref — **unverified** (born so). Populated 2026-07-06 for the Systems room.* **Universals (2):** 🟡 science (6) · 🟡 system (6) **Enter by sign:** Systems Semiotic Gateway · Alphabetum · Icon Registry · ← Systems Portal  ## Wikipedia : Wikitube **Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemaking) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Sensemaking) ## Previous hub tags Tree parents: [[Complex_system]] · [[Cybernetics]] · [[Emergence]] · [[Feedback]] · [[Self-organization]] · [[Systems_science]] · [[Systems_theory]]. Legacy hubs: none. --- *Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*