The Essentials of Theory U : Core Principles and Applications.
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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Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part 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 Uâ#x80;#x94;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 EvolutionThe 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; â#x80;#x9C;I Expect a Lot from Youâ#x80;#x9D;; 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; Part 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 SystemPresencing: Connecting to the Highest Future Potential; Co-creating: Crystallizing and Prototyping the New; Co-shaping: Grow Innovation Eco-systems; Part III: A Narrative of Evolutionary Societal Change; 6. Upgrading Societyâ#x80;#x99;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; â#x80;#x9C;I Canâ#x80;#x99;t Not Do Itâ#x80;#x9D;; u.lab; Get Involved; About the Author; About the Presencing Institute; Index.