![]() ![]() ![]() If that last sentence was harder to parse than the one prior, it is because the first was designed with rhyme, meter, and “ antimetabole” -in other words, it is built with structure and pattern that builds expectation and reduces complexity, making it far easier for the brain to interpret and make sense of ( Leith 2012). Sensemaking is what you are doing at this very moment as you concurrently interpret dozens of symbols by shifting spatial attention at a rate of up to five times per second in order to parse and integrate the information encoded in those grouped symbols using your brain’s complex adaptive network of over one hundred trillion synapses ( McGilchrist 2009, Astrand et al. While we should endeavor to never define a word by using the word in its own definition, we find a rare exception in sensemaking, for in our attempt to define the phrase is an opportunity for the phrase to define itself. If this is the first time you have seen the phrase “sensemaking,” embrace this moment of uncertainty with rigor and intention. He founded the Cognitive Security and Education Forum and contributes research to a variety of working groups and committees across DoD, IEEE, and the Private Sector on topics like Gray Zone Warfare, Knowledge Management Technology, Optimization of Human Learning, and Decentralized Systems. Cordes is a researcher focused on Narrative and Memetic Warfare, Complex Systems, Knowledge Management Systems, and Cybernetics. AugMaking sense of sensemaking: What it is and what it means for pandemic research ![]()
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