As leaders, how can we help those around us make sense of the rapid dynamic changes in our lives and the global community with the Coronavirus pandemic? We offer two tools, an explanation of exponential growth and sensemaking/sensegiving. A recent Washington Post article (https://lnkd.in/eFG8Kam) uses the metaphor of a single lilly pad reproducing to cover an entire pond in 48 days. Sensemaking is the process of making sense and giving meaning to the experiences we have. Sensegiving is the process of helping others come to terms with the changes they are experiencing and helping to shape that process in a beneficial way through communication and interaction. Here is an MIT Sloan School of Management article on sensemaking: https://lnkd.in/emN-eGk. We encourage you to take some time to process the dynamic environment we are encountering and help others to do the same.
