Increasing leadership acumen: adopting a sense-making framework

Miller, Kathleen; Maykut, Colleen

Increasing leadership acumen: adopting a sense-making framework

Author

Miller, Kathleen

Maykut, Colleen

Date

2021

Keywords

sense-making, leadership

Abstract (summary)

Health care environments, as complex adaptive systems, are constantly in flux. Nurse leaders cannot and in fact should not utilize approaches that worked in the past to attempt to navigate “wicked problems,” such as COVID-19. Clarity around the relationships among variables influencing the sociopolitical context is vital to understand. The adoption of a sense-making model, such as the Cynefin framework, fosters multiple perspectives, collaborative teamwork, and systems thinking to mitigate wicked problems. The importance of transformational leadership and followership is fundamental to tackling the lack of predictability the current pandemic has caused.

Publication Information

Miller, K., & Maykut, C. A. (2021). Increasing leadership acumen: Adopting a sense-making framework. Nurse Leader. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2021.01.008

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2021.01.008

Item Type

Article

Language

English

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