The essentials of Theory U : core principles and applications

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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Scharmer, Claus Otto, 1961-, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc 2018.
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Social change.
Globalization.
Organizational change.
Organizational learning.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630625806719
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 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
  • 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 System
  • Presencing: 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 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
  • About the Author
  • About the Presencing Institute
  • Index.

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