Presencing: 7 Practices for Transforming Self, Society, and Business - Paperback

by C. Otto Scharmer (Author), Katrin Kaeufer (Author)

We are collectively creating results nobody wants, and most change efforts address the symptoms rather than the source.

• The Wheel of Deep Change -- a framework mapping 7 societal sectors and specific leverage points where transformation takes hold
• Social Fields theory -- a deeper layer of systems thinking that accounts for the quality of consciousness from which collective action emerges
• Seven step-by-step practices covering generative listening, dialogue, co-sensing, presencing, co-imagining, co-creating, and ecosystem governance
• Real-world stories of "islands of coherence"--communities already demonstrating regenerative ways of working together across the globe
• Reflection questions and dialogue prompts for individual readers, leadership teams, and classroom or workshop settings

Author Biography

C. Otto Scharmer is a senior lecturer at MIT and founding chair of the Presencing Institute. He co-founded the MITx u-lab and co-created global Action Learning Labs and SDG Leadership Labs for the UN. He is a member of the UN Learning Advisory Council for the 2030 Agenda, the Club of Rome, and the World Future Council. He previously won the Jamieson Prize for Teaching Excellence at MIT and the European Leonardo Corporate Learning Award. In 2021, he received the Elevating Humanity Award from the Organizational Development Network.