Purpose: To prepare project managers for the human aspects of project work using a new classroom-based approach to foster abilities in collective sensemaking. Design/methodology/approach: The authors developed an approach for fostering collective sensemaking abilities through three class...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to summarise the arguments developed in the PhD thesis and also to outline the journey and context from which the thesis emerged. Design/methodology/approach: This paper provides a summary of key arguments in the thesis. It also provides reflections on the...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose the project-space model as positively influencing sensemaking in the project context. There is currently minimal discussion of the tools used by project managers, teams and stakeholders to build their map of the project terrain or to make sense of...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline a research agenda for the phenomena of projects grounded in Continental philosophy concepts as an alternative to the dominant Analytical thinking. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical exploration of Continental concepts in generic terms;...