{"id":5492,"date":"2026-02-04T10:23:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crmknowledgehub.com\/?p=5492"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:29:40","slug":"distributed-situation-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crmknowledgehub.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/distributed-situation-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Distributed Situation Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What it means.&nbsp;And why Distributed SA is likely here to stay.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SOURCE: <a href=\"https:\/\/competentaviators.com\">www.competentaviators.com<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article by Alex Pollitt on <a href=\"https:\/\/competentaviators.com\">www.competentaviators.com<\/a> explains how the traditional understanding of situation awareness, originally defined as a cognitive process inside an individual\u2019s mind, has evolved into a&nbsp;<em>distributed<\/em>&nbsp;concept that includes both human and non-human elements within a socio-technical system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drawing on ideas from distributed cognition, proponents of distributed situation awareness argue that tools, technologies, and interactions across a system all carry and share information that contributes to overall SA. 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