The essentials of Theory U : core principles and applications / C. Otto Scharmer.

This book offers a concise, accessible guide to the key concepts and applications in Otto Scharmer's classic Theory U. Scharmer argues that our capacity to pay attention coshapes the world. What prevents us from attending to situations more effectively is that we aren't fully aware of that...

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Online Access: Streaming Audio (via Skillsoft)
Main Author: Scharmer, Claus Otto, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Audio
Language:English
Published: Oakland, CA : BK, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated, a BK Business Book, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I.A framework for seeing the field. 1. The blind spot : Three divides
  • The blind spot
  • In front of the blank canvas
  • Arriving at MIT
  • Learning from the future as it emerges
  • Building the container
  • Social fields
  • 2. Theory U, form follows consciousness : Making the system see itself
  • A moment of seeing
  • The process: three movements
  • Mapping the deeper territory
  • Three instruments of inner knowing
  • Three enemies on the journey down the left side of the U
  • Two barriers to moving up the U
  • Presencing and absencing
  • 3. The matrix of social evolution : The grammar of social fields
  • Attending
  • Conversing
  • Organizing
  • Coordinating and governing
  • Field 1 to Field 4: a journey of inversion
  • Making the system sense and see itself
  • 4. The eye of the needle : I expect a lot from you
  • Reintegration of matter and mind
  • The essence of systems thinking
  • Through the eye of the needle
  • Inverting the system-self relationship
  • From reacting to regenerating
  • pt. II. A method for consciousness-based systems change. 5. One process, five movements: innovating from the future : Co-initiating: uncovering shared intention
  • Co-sensing: seeing reality from the edges of the system
  • Presencing: connecting to the highest future potential
  • Co-creating: crystallizing and prototyping the new
  • Co-shaping: grow innovation eco-systems
  • pt. III. A narrative of evolutionary societal change. 6. Upgrading society's operating system : Economy 4.0
  • Democracy 4.0
  • Cross-sector 4.0
  • 4.0 lab
  • 7. Returning to the roots : With compliments to the East German KGB
  • Staying on course
  • I can't not do it
  • u.lab
  • Get involved.