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Otto Scharmer



Otto Scharmer, PhD, is a German economist, cofounder of the Presencing Institute, and cofounder of the MITx u.lab, an online course for leading change. In his bestselling books, Theory U and Presence, Scharmer introduced the concept of “presencing,” or learning from the emerging future to address the most pressing global challenges.

Otto Scharmer
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Leadership Is to Shift the Inner Place from Where We Operate

A clip of Otto Scharmer from Global Classroom Lecture 2: Sensing.

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It Takes a Journey

Sustainability can hardly be achieved in one fell swoop, it entails a step-by-step progression.

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Otto Scharmer in Conversation with Thomas Hübl - Social Transformation & Collective Trauma

How is the effect of social intervention tools influenced by collective trauma? Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and founder of the "Theorie U" (leading from the future), and Thomas Hübl approach this question from their own perspectives and enter into an...

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FindCenter Quotes Image. . . leadership is a distributed or collective capacity in a system, not just something that individuals do. Leadership is about the capacity of the whole system to sense and actualize the future that wants to emerge.

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Uncovering the Leadership Blindspot

The capacity to step into the future and act on the possibilities is the essence of leadership believes Otto Scharmer, an action researcher and senior lecturer at MIT and co-founder of its Presencing Institute.

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Theory U

Theory U offers a set of principles and practices for letting go of the past and collectively creating an emerging future. It is a method - for both individuals and organizations - that attempts to sense and bring into the present one's highest future potential.

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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.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageLeadership in its essence is the capacity to shift the inner place from which we operate.

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Otto Scharmer on the Four Levels of Listening

Listening is the most underrated of leadership skills, leading to a disconnect between leaders and the situation. Otto describes four levels of listening. This is essential viewing for anyone desiring to truly understand situations.

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Leading from the Emerging Future: From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies

We have entered an age of disruption. Financial collapse, climate change, resource depletion, and a growing gap between rich and poor are but a few of the signs.

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