A revolutionary guide to catalyzing multi-system change and planetary healing.
Experience 7 practices combined with powerful frameworks to create a more integrated and conscious future from the bestselling author of Theory U.We are living in a time of unprecedented crisis and breakdown. But amid the chaos, small "islands of coherence" are emerging—localized pockets of pioneering thought leaders taking action to begin to catalyze multi-system transformation.
Incorporating proven frameworks like Social Fields and the Collective Evolutionary Mirror, the authors share transformative real-world stories of these islands of coherence from the frontlines of change across the globe. You'll go inside the experiences of paradigm-shifting change makers and gain powerful practices for sensing and actualizing the future that wants to emerge.
This book outlines 7 critical contributions for elevating our civilization including:
- becoming aware
- generative listening
- dialogue and co-sensing
- presencing
- ecosystem leadership
- co-creating across boundaries
- build unity
With this holistic guide, you'll discover how your local actions can cascade into a planetary movement for human and ecological flourishing. The next renaissance is emergent—be a part of birthing it into reality.
We are collectively creating results nobody wants, and most change efforts address the symptoms rather than the source.
Presencing offers a different approach—one that bridges inner development with outer systems change through 7 concrete practices built for this moment.
From Otto Scharmer, MIT senior lecturer and creator of Theory U, and Katrin Kaufer, MIT researcher, cofounder of the Presencing Institute, and author of Just Money (MIT Press), this field guide draws on more than twenty years of global work with the Theory U framework, now used by thousands of organizations across climate, finance, education, and social innovation.
Inside this book:
- The Wheel of Deep Change — a framework mapping 7 societal sectors and specific leverage points where transformation takes hold
- Social Fields theory — a deeper layer of systems thinking that accounts for the quality of consciousness from which collective action emerges
- Seven step-by-step practices covering generative listening, dialogue, co-sensing, presencing, co-imagining, co-creating, and ecosystem governance
- Real-world stories of “islands of coherence”—communities already demonstrating regenerative ways of working together across the globe
- Reflection questions and dialogue prompts for individual readers, leadership teams, and classroom or workshop settings
Readers new to Theory U will find a self-contained entry point, and those already familiar will find significant new depth and updated methods.
