Sensemaker Summer School with the Sensemakers Club

Mon Jul 20·4:00 PM UTC

Peership in Sensemaking

Abby Covert and Alfi Oloo have never been on the same continent, yet they have now been close peers and collaborators for five years. Guiding students and creative projects together, and sharing notes about their work in progress. Their story became about making sense of yourself in order to make sense with other people. In this talk they reflect on what they have learned working together.

You'll learn from

Abby Covert

Author, teacher and community leader in the field of information architecture

Alfi Oloo

Discovery specialist, product designer and mentor to African thought-leaders

Tue Jul 21·7:00 PM UTC

Get Your Idea Across When Words Fail

We used to think out loud together—a marker, a napkin sketch. Then screens, high-fidelity tools, and pressure to look valuable made anything rough feel risky. So the most natural way to think together now feels dangerous, right as the need grew. Ideas go unsaid, conversations circle, trust erodes. A shitty map gets it back: a pen, a notecard, and the nerve to ask "is this it?"

You'll learn from

Joe Elmendorf

Ten years teaching people to draw ugly and think clearly

Wed Jul 22·7:00 PM UTC

Heart-Centered Sensemaking

The systems we design will either protect people's dignity or slowly erode it, and most designers never realize which one they're a part of until it's too late. Detecting organizational failure early starts by asking the right questions to protect human worth, not corporate satisfaction.

You'll learn from

Jasmine Ibrahim

Founder of WithJasmine, an Information Design Studio

Thu Jul 23·7:00 PM UTC

Collaborative Sensemaking: Agreement is Not Alignment

Teams often leave a meeting believing they are aligned, only to discover later that everyone is executing a different version of the same decision. The issue is rarely communication. More often, it's a lack of shared understanding. As complexity increases, organizations must collaborate across more people, perspectives, and uncertainty. Learn how to spot false alignment and reduce team drift.

You'll learn from

Matt Arnold

Strategist, educator, and sensemaker for teams navigating complexity.