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"[How do we] shift the primary focus from top-down — regulating the change we want to see — toward bottom-up: co-generating and embodying the change we want to see?" "Instead of government being the primary instigator of societal change, businesses, civil society, and leaders across institutions must learn how to work together, how to organize around shared awareness and intentions across many institution and sector boundaries. Obviously, the choice is not either-or. But the primary emphasis of change making may shift toward building collective capacity for bottom-up cross-sector innovation, for organizing around shared intention. At the end of the day, what happens in politics is shaped by social movements, and what happens in these movements is shaped by what happens on the ground, by our capacity to create living examples of what we want to see locally, in our bioregions, and beyond." Otto Scharmer An Emerging Third Option: Reclaiming Democracy from Dark Money & Dark Tech Read the full article: https://bit.ly/4fVnrVA Original Artwork by Jayce Pei Yu Lee #Democracy #movementbuilding #livingexamples #actlocally #glocal #bioregional #bioregionalactivation #business4good #civilsociety #collaboration

Read Otto Scharmer's full article: https://bit.ly/3CgMKTR | Entering 2025: Meeting the Future In the Moment "Our number one challenge isn’t biodiversity loss, climate change, polarization, societies falling apart, or AI. It is our widespread illusion of insignificance—the belief that there’s nothing we can do about it. " "As we move into a world with more chaos, disruption and breakdowns, how can we rekindle our mostly dormant superpowers, how can we respond in ways that are more resilient, regenerative and transformative?" Read Otto Scharmer's full article: https://bit.ly/3CgMKTR Sign-up for Presencing Institute's free newsletter to get stories of impact, learn about upcoming programs, and opportunities to connect with other changemakers and leaders around the globe: https://bit.ly/uschoollist #TheoryU #Presencing #IslandsofCoherence #EmergingTrends #Leadership #SystemsChange #CommunityActivation #CollectiveAction #Democracy #polarization #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #AIconcerns

What is wanting to be born? ... in you, in your system, in society? #ulab1x2024's 2nd Global Live Session is this Thursday, you can join by enrolling in u-lab for free at u-lab.org "Something is ending and dying, something else is wanting to be born..." In the session, we'll be moving from the co-sensing movement of the u-process into Presencing. In this live session we will: • sense into what has surfaced through the journey so far; • hear about use-cases and examples of those who have been applying the tools and methods in the systems they are working to bring change, • engage in presencing practices to connect with what is wanting to emerge. The session will be hosted and facilitated by Otto Scharmer, author of Theory U and cofounder of the Presencing Institute Eva Pomerory, head of Research at Presencing Institute Kelvy Bird, artist, visual scribe, and author of Visual Practice You can find links to the live session in both the MITx Online u-lab course area, and within the u-lab area at u-school.org. You can still enroll in u-lab for free by visiting u-lab.org #ulab #TheoryU #presencing #ulab1x2024 #awareness #transformation #mooc #systemschange

"We are all - each of us in this moment - we are part of a planetary movement that is not even aware of itself. And a movement that is not aware of itself is not a historical force. But that is exactly what we need...." - Otto Scharmer In our opening Global Live Session for #ulab1x2024, Otto Scharmer brought us into the context of our current planetary situation and highlighted what he considers "the most important and least well-told story of our time." Where do you notice a sense of possibility right now? You can watch the full 90min session by enrolling for free in this this year's 6-week online u-lab journey: https://bit.ly/ulab1x2024 (Artwork is excerpted from an animated scribing done by Jayce Pei Yu Lee from the above-mentioned live session) Join our newsletter for stories of change and upcoming programs: https://bit.ly/uschoollist Looking for something a little shorter than the full u-lab? Check-out a free 1-hr mini-intro course to Theory U: https://bit.ly/mtu-ulab0x #ulab1x #ulab #theoryU #globalcommunity #climateaction #climatecrisis #Awareness #movementbuilding #leadership

Our first Global Live Session for #ulab1x2024 is next week Thursday, September 26th. If you have't yet, enroll for free at u-lab.org to get access to the livestream link. This 90min session will be broadcasting live from the MIT campus and kick-off our facilitated 6-week journey through u-lab. In a discussion panel co-hosted by Otto Scharmer and Eva Pomeroy, we'll be hearing from Dayna Cunningham and Laura Pastorini about what they each have been seeing and sensing through their work. Where are they noticing new possibilities? What is moving in their communities? How are they finding strength and clarity in these times? The session will also feature: • Otto Scharmer landing this year's u-lab journey in the context of our current moment, • The intentions this year's global community of changemakers enrolled in u-lab, • Live generative scribing from Kelvy Bird, • and artist, Jayce Pei Yu Lee, will also be creating a hand-drawn animation, making visible what emerges through this session. This live-streamed session will also be simultaneously translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, French, Italian, and German ... with a Japanese session to be held in the coming days after the session. Enroll for free at u.lab.org to get access to the livestream and archive. See you there! #ulab #theoryU #systemschange #polycrisis #globalcommunity #civicengagement #LATAM #glocal #thinkgloballyactlocally

Meet your Presencing Institute global team of faculty, facilitators, experts, and artists—here to accompany you through the u-lab 1x 2024 journey. Yesterday the course launched with the orientation module. Teams and individuals from around the world have already begun organizing around the course, setting intentions, surfacing questions. The full course will be released with our first Global Live Session on September 26th. You can enroll for free at anytime by visiting https://bit.ly/ulab1x2024 (u-lab.org) This course, run in partnership with MITx Online, is a 6-week program on the foundations of Theory U, a process for transformative change that blends systems thinking, consciousness and wisdom traditions, and civic action. This is an online self-paced course complemented with synchronous live sessions bringing together thousands of change makers from around the world. • Learning Design: Choose your level of involvement based on your needs and availability. Each module contains core-content, practices and activities for action learning, and materials for deepening your experience. • 30+ Videos: Featuring content from Otto Scharmer, the global community of Presencing Institute faculty, and facilitators: Left to right, top to bottom: Manish Srivastava, Dayna Cunningham, Shobi Lawalata, Jayce Pei Yu Lee, Arawana Hayashi, Antoinette Klatzky, Martin Kalungu-Banda, Florentina Bajraktari, Kenneth Hogg, Eva Pomeroy, Julie Arts, Kelvy Bird, Otto Scharmer. #ulab #theoryu #ulab1x2024 #awareness #systemschange #changeleadership #leadership #gaiajourney #collectiveaction #climateaction

u-lab 1x 2024 opens next week! Will you be joining us? You can learn more and enroll for free at u-lab.org #ulab #ulab1x2024 #presencing #theoryU #systemschange #leadershipdevelopment #leadershipcourse #mooc

Are you a past participant of u-lab? Help us describe u-lab and why it's relevant in these times: https://bit.ly/ulabva01 We've put together a 5-question VideoAsk survey that you can contribute to via video, audio, or text responses. We'd love to hear from you and possibly include your submissions in our outreach efforts over the coming weeks. Follow the link above to participate. If you, your colleagues, or collaborators are interested in joining the course this year, you can jump over to https://bit.ly/ulab1x2024 (u-lab.org) to learn more and enroll. #ulab #ulabalumni

Getting ready for u-lab 1x? Do you have questions? Curious about how to invite others to join you in the u-lab journey? Considering leveraging u-lab for a specific project or initiative? Join us for a community activation call - This Wednesday, Aug 28th on zoom. • Connect with like-minded changemakers from around the world • Learn about changes to the course, and the web platform • Hear from previous u-lab alumni and learn about their journey • Ask questions you're holding about the learning journey. 6am San Francisco • 7am Guatemala City • 9am Boston 10am Sao Paulo • 3pm Berlin • 4pm Nairobi 6:30pm Mumbai • 9pm Taipei • 10pm Tokyo Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/ulab24call2 Still need to enroll in u-lab - visit u-lab.org #ulab #theoryU #globalcommunity #systemschange #presencing #ulab1x2024 #mooc #learningfromthefuture

Listening is the most powerful leadership tool we possess. The way we pay attention influences what happens around us. In this video, Julie Arts, Senior Faculty at the Presencing Institute, introduces four levels of listening, representing four distinct places from where our listening can originate. This is an introductory lesson into the Levels of Listening framework. Within the u-lab 1x course, Otto Scharmer explores this framework in more detail and there are several practices and tools for you and your team to utilize. You can learn more and enroll in the course for free at https://bit.ly/ulab1x2024 This video is part of a free, short 1-hr mini-course introduction to the key concepts and frameworks of Theory U. Check-it out the full mini-course here: https://bit.ly/mtu-ulab0x In preparation for u-lab 1x 2024, launching in September, we're sharing several of the key videos from this intro course to our youtube channel to help you and your networks prepare for the 6-week learning journey. Learn more about u-lab 1x 2024 by visiting: https://bit.ly/ulab1x2024 #TheoryU #levelsoflistening #deeplistening #JulieArts #ulab #ulab1x2024 https://lnkd.in/dZMJxHK6