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How do we help people embrace change faster—not through crisis or coercion, but through better ideas? The Sensegiver offers research and field notes from cognitive science, transformative learning, and 25+ years of making things make sense to others.
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What do we actually mean by "expert"? (opens the original)
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I don’t know about you, but I struggle with what to call myself. I mean, not the easier things—author, speaker, researcher. Giving people frames like that helps them make sense of what you do.But, like a lot of us who don’t have titles bestowed on us by organizations or institutions, I don’t quite know what to title myself. I know I spend most of my time making sense of new ideas for myself (sensemaking) and for others (sensegiving). You probably do, too.</sp
Help me research thought leadership? (opens the original)
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Has anyone ever given you advice that just didn’t feel right for you, who you are, and the people you’re trying to serve?That gap between what you’re “supposed” to do and what feels right matters even more if, like me, you’re somebody who’s trying to change how people think about something you deeply care about. (Which, I think, includes a lot of you!)There’s a reason for the gap. And today I’m asking you
A Gestalt-processing Practitioner Attends a Management Conference (opens the original)
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I have been to a lot of conferences, both as an attendee and as a speaker: for associations, for industries, for practitioners. But last week I attended my first academic conference. It was for the Academy of Management, the annual gathering of all the people who study, want to study, have studied, may never study all things management, leadership, organizations, and so on. And, hoo boy! It was overwhelming in the best way.AOM 2026, by the numbersLet’s start with some context!<div clas
What do you do when you can't agree on what matters? (opens the original)
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The core case of this post, for the framework-curious or attention-guarded:Establishing common ground about what matters requires a priority with a stated cost. That’s because (1) a priority lets two people make the same choice without having the same values and (2) value is what you’re willing to give up for something.They want the same things and still can’t agreeIf you’ve ever gone house- or apartment-hunting
The smallest units of sensemaking, and other hypnopompics (opens the original)
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