A process-philosophical understanding of organizational learning as “wayfinding” : Process, practices and sensitivity to environmental affordances

Purpose This paper aims to articulate a practice-based, non-cognitivist approach to organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores the potential contribution of a process-based “practice turn” in social theory for understanding organizational learning. Findings In complex, turbulent environments, robust organizations recur more to cultivated sensitivities and predispositions rather than rely on elaborate plans and strategies to guide their action; they “Wayfind” their way to sustainable success. Originality/value This study develops the understanding of organizational learning as a process of everyday practical coping guided by internalized sensitivities and predispositions.