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.