Step 1
Method + Practice
Active Sensemaking
Explore the method, read shareable essays, and use the book as a bridge into practice.
What Is Active Sensemaking?
Active Sensemaking is a mixed-method approach described in the book as a way to learn from lived experience at scale without stripping out meaning. People share stories, interpret their own stories through structured signifiers, and keep narrative plus interpretation linked.
- Interpretive authority stays with participants through self-signification.
- Pattern views are treated as hypotheses, not conclusions.
- Insights feed safe-to-try action and iterative learning loops.
The Active Sensemaking Cycle
A repeatable loop for inquiry, interpretation, and adaptive action. Each step links to a corresponding essay.
Step 2
Collaborative Discovery
Step 3
Crafting Inquiry Tools
Step 4
Enabling Pattern Insight
Step 5
Collective Interpretation
Step 6
Adaptive Action & Experimentation
Step 7
Learning from Results
Step 8
Building Ongoing Capability
The Book
Use the book for shared language, framing choices, and guided cohort practice.
Practice Environment
Move from method into guided workflows in Sensemaking Studio.
Practice Plans
Spryng pricing and plan differences are maintained on Spryng. Use this guide to choose the right starting point.
Book Plan
Best for readers and cohorts practicing with the book workflow.
Book PlanStudio Practice
Best for recurring practice contexts and ongoing facilitation loops.
Open StudioGoverned Project
Best for organization-wide rollouts that need governance and role controls.
PricingLatest Essays
No essays are published yet. New essays will appear here as they are released.
Practice Pathways
Start Practice
Open Studio and run a first capture-and-interpret cycle.
Open StudioBook Plan
Use the book-linked path for guided cohort practice.
Open Book PlanOrganizational Path
Move to governed, account-based workflows when scaling practice.
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