Collective mindfulness

Weick, K. E. Roberts, K. 1993. Collective mind in organizations heedful interrelating on flight decks. Administrative Science Quarterly, 38 357-381. 

Weick, K. E., and Roberts, H. K. (1993), Collective Mind in Organizations Heedful Interrelating on Flight Decks, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 38, pp. 357-381. 

Weick, K., Sutcliffe, K., Obstfeld, D. 1991. Organizing for high reliability Processes of collective mindfulness. Research in Organizational Behavior, 21 23-81. 

Table 14.1 Five processes for collective mindfulness in organizations...

Some organisations are known for their ability to avoid serious accidents, and effectively contain consequences of a dangerous situation. The concept of collective mindfulness is used as the key to describe processes that characterizes such organisations (Weick et al. 1999). Within a concept of mindfiilness, members of the organisations are constantly worried about failures, not about their successes. Therefore they... 

The ability to ask wicked questions and use appreciate inquiry helps spur complex conversations, exploration, awareness, and collective mindfulness in an organization. 

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