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This article aims to better understand what happens in organizations through a critical perspective on Weick’s research. We propose to understand how meaning is recreated by actors facing an ambiguous situation. An interpretive framework is proposed to develop a typology of levels of sensemaking: individual, interpersonal, and collective. This work allows us to highlight the limitations of this sensemaking process in organizations, and to propose recommendations for future researchers wishing to open the debate on organizational behavior. This research draws the attention of researchers to the fact that every organization is unique and faced with specific situations. Understanding what happens in organizations constitutes a perilous exercise because of the plurality of representations of reality derived from the context, individuals, and actors.