The treatment of weak signals is identified as a method to identify strategic surprises in a firm’s environment. Many researchers address the problem of anticipation of movements that have an impact on a firm’s environment. Weak signals are considered in some approaches and presented in the literature, but also other methods are explored. This article tries to deepen the discussion of how to treat and interpret weak signals collected in a firm’s environment. The concept of a weak signal is explained and the discussion about how to collect and interpret them is presented. Two important aspects are distinguished in the article: the usefulness of information technology in collection and treatment of weak signals and the concept of collective sensemaking in interpreting weak signals. Two cases of weak signal interpretation are presented as illustrations

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集体情报程序来解释微弱的信号和预警

弱信号的处理被认为是识别企业环境中战略意外的一种方法。许多研究人员解决了对公司环境产生影响的预期运动问题。在某些方法中考虑了微弱的信号并在文献中进行了介绍，但也探索了其他方法。本文试图加深对如何处理和解释在公司环境中收集到的微弱信号的讨论。解释了弱信号的概念，并讨论了如何收集和解释它们。文章区分了两个重要方面：信息技术在收集和处理微弱信号中的实用性以及在解释微弱信号时的集体意义感知概念。