Section 1: Read “The collapse of sensemaking in organizations: The Mann Gulch disaster” by Karl Weick and answer the following questions.
– How good are you at sensemaking?
– Do you understand how the system you are in works?
– Who are the stakeholders in the system?
– Do you know which ones have influence and which ones have interest in what you do or the problem you are trying to solve?
– Can you adopt someone’s identity?
– Think of what this would encompass
– Do you ask questions, even subordinates, when you come across something that you should know but do not?
– Do you share your knowledge and insights with others?
– Is there information that is regarded as “need to know” and who has access to it?
– How might lacking “need to know” information affect someone’s sensemaking?
– Do you settle for ” a story that makes sense” or do you strive to be accurate?
– How do you balance the two?
Section 2: Structured and supplemental Activities
Watch the following – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyd0ey_FXB8&t=3s
Answer the questions:
– How does identity affect if wearing bathers is appropriate or not? – Is this incongruence is recognition of an extracted cue?
– How are values and identity related and how does identity affect if wearing bathers is appropriate or not?
Answer the questions
– How does identity affect behavior?
– Do you think something like this won’t happen to you?
