Organisationsens
Organisationsens is a multidisciplinary concept and network concerned with how organizations generate and sustain a shared sense of purpose, structure, and action. Building on sensemaking and organizational learning theory, it treats meaning as something co-created by leaders, teams, and external stakeholders, which then guides strategic behavior.
The term is used to describe both a theoretical framework and a practice-oriented field. It provides tools
Origins and scope: Developed in the early 2010s by scholars in management studies and organizational psychology,
Key concepts include sensemaking — how actors interpret ambiguous signals; sensegiving — leadership efforts to shape interpretation; storytelling
Applications include strategy alignment, change management, crisis response, and resilience building. In practice, Organisationsens emphasizes participatory
See also: sensemaking, organizational culture, organizational learning, sensegiving.