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Design sensemaking systems to integrate diverse functional

Design sensemaking systems to integrate diverse functional perspectives (sales, product, customer success, finance) rather than relying on single-source interpretation, as each perspective reveals aspects others miss.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Goals as Perceptual Filters (goals function as perceptual filters), Culture Shapes Fundamental Cognition (cultural context shapes perception fundamentally), Environmental Installation of Early Schemas (early schemas are installed by environment), and Different functions develop different schemas as adaptive (different functions develop different schemas). Prescribes HOW to organize interpretation - through diverse perspective integration - which is design guidance following from perspective-dependent perception.

Source Lessons

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Organizational meaning-making

Creating shared meaning about the organization's purpose and direction. Organizations do not operate on facts alone — they operate on interpretations. The same event (a competitor's product launch, a customer complaint, a revenue decline) means different things to different people depending on the interpretive framework they apply. Organizational meaning-making is the collective process of constructing shared interpretations — agreeing on what events mean, what they imply, and what response they warrant. In self-directing organizations, meaning-making is especially critical: without a manager to tell people what events mean, the organization must collectively construct meaning through shared sensemaking practices.

Connections

Derived From (4)

AxiomGoals as Perceptual Filters AxiomCulture Shapes Fundamental Cognition AxiomEnvironmental Installation of Early Schemas AxiomDifferent functions develop different schemas as adaptive

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