The Sensemakers Club is a community-powered education space where curious people come to grow without performing or pretending to have it all figured out.
Are you a sensemaker?
A sensemaker is someone who helps people understand complex, messy, or ambiguous situations and turn that understanding into better decisions and action.
It’s not a job title.
It’s a role someone plays when clarity is needed. Some people make sense for a season, and some of us are professionals and hobbyists.
You might be a sensemaker if you...
- Translate between teams
- Fix structural issues no one else sees
- Clock patterns others don’t
- Care deeply about clarity and inclusion
- Question what’s next
- Maintain systems that prevent chaos
- Document what others skip
This week at the club
We are on our end of season break this week! No sessions are scheduled. Season 2 starts next week!
Browse our discussion groups or check out our full calendar.
2 PM ET The Beginner's Meeting
Hosted by Mike Creech
A friendly introduction to the Sensemakers Club designed to help new members feel comfortable and connected.
3 PM ET The Analog Leap
Hosted by Kelly Hughes
A fast-moving creative exploration of analog visual making, where we'll engage with paper and pen to unlock your creativity and embrace an experimentalist attitude.
2 PM ET Making Sense Through Play
Hosted by Rebecca Hathaway
A playful session using games and hands-on activity to surface fresh ways of thinking and problem-solving together.
12 PM ET MSOY Peer Match
Hosted by Jessica Anderson
A one-on-one peer matching session connecting members for focused conversation and mutual support.
2 PM ET Design Jam
Hosted by Holly Schroeder & Abby Covert
A hands-on design jam for members and leaders to collaboratively explore and shape the future of the Sensemakers Club through a working session focused on iteration and shared ownership.
2 PM ET Making Sense of Other Humans
Hosted by Erin Rodat-Savla & Karen Brothers
A brave group focused on understanding and improving teamwork dynamics, navigating conflicts, and fostering productive relationships without burnout.
12 PM ET Some Assembly Required
Hosted by Rebecca Hathaway
A hands-on workshop where members build and assemble something together, learning through making rather than talking.
2 PM ET Making Sense of Money
Hosted by Tarryn Lambert & Sarah Rice
An open, nuanced discussion aimed at demystifying money, fostering connections, and promoting financial empowerment through shared experiences and insights.
What’s going on?
Week of July 13, 2026
Abby Covert
Chief Sensemaker
Last week Making Sense of Content + Design (7/6) dug into what makes feedback useful and how to ask for it well; Mindfulness & Modeling (7/7) opened a new season by practicing (rather than just discussing) attention through a body scan and a "map your day" exercise; Knowledge Management & Governance Support (7/8) explored personal systems for organizing knowledge amid tool overload and organizational sprawl; Career Transitions (7/9) asked how members track and tell the story of their accomplishments during a career change; and The Benefit of Bad Models (7/10) examined flawed models like the USDA food pyramid and the Waterfall method to understand why bad models take hold and persist.
Themes from last week:
- Structures built without the people who'll use them tend to fail those people.
- Ambiguous instructions get filled in with personal interpretation, and that gap is where the real information lives.
- Trustworthy personal systems — sticky notes, brag sheets, plain evidence — hold up better than sophisticated ones when things get uncertain.
Gaps between our capability and our confidence create discomfort.
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