The Essentials of Theory U (eBook)

Core Principles and Applications

Otto Scharmer (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
168 Seiten
Berrett-Koehler Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5230-9442-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Creating a Better FutureThis 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 interior condition from which our attention and actions originate. Scharmer calls this lack of awareness our blind spot. He illuminates the blind spot in leadership today and offers hands-on methods to help change makers overcome it through the process, principles, and practices of Theory U. And he outlines a framework for updating the ';operating systems' of our educational institutions, our economies, and our democracies. This book enables leaders and organizations in all industries and sectors to shift awareness, connect with the highest future possibilities, and strengthen the capacity to co-shape the future.

Inhalt

PART I: LEADING IN FRONT OF THE BLANK CANVAS

1. Introduction: Leading in the Face of Disruption
• Disruption – When Systems Fail, Leaders and Citizens Rise
• Three Ways of Responding:
• Muddling through (downloading),
• Moving back (absencing),
• Moving forward (presencing)

2. Theory U: Seven states of Awareness (inner places of operating)

• Intro: Brain Plasticity
• Breaking through the patterns of downloading
• Seeing current reality
• Sensing: redirecting your attention
• Presencing: connecting to the source of our highest future potential
• Crystallizing vision and intention
• Prototyping: fail early to learn quickly
• Embodying in principles and practices

3. Matrix of Social Evolution
• Listening: Deep Listening
• Conversation: Dialogue
• Organizing: Evolutionary Organizations
• Coordinating: Awareness Based Collective Action

PART II: LEADING CHANGE—ONE PROCESS, FIVE MOVEMENTS

4. Co-initiating: uncovering common ground and shared intent

5. Co-sensing: seeing reality from the edges of the system

6. Co-inspiring: connecting to the sources of creativity and self

7. Co-creating: prototyping the new in order to learn by doing

8. Co-shaping: embody the new in practices and embed in eco-systems


PART III: Leading Societal Evolution

9. Systemic Inversion: The Journey from Society 2.0 to Society 4.0

10. Economy 4.0: From Ego-system to Eco-system Awareness

11. Democracy 4.0: Direct, Distributed, Dialogic

12. Learning 4.0: Co-sense and Co-shape the Future As It Emerges

13. u.lab: A 21st Century Global Action Platform and University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.3.2018
• Verlagsort: Oakland
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: leadership, blind spots, operating system, organizational, mindfulness, model, innovative methods, corporate paradigms, business success, agile, design thinking, systems thinking, human consciousness, development, theory u model • organizational leadership books, new ways of leading, innovative leadership methods, leadership in the modern world, shaping the future, guide to modern leadership, inspirational leadership books, personal development, social innovation, professional development, psychology of mindfulness, social entrepreneurs, books for business executives, how to lead a team, organizational development, business development, keys to business success, self help books, career, discussion books
• ISBN-10: 1-5230-9442-7 / 1523094427
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5230-9442-4 / 9781523094424