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Intro chapter 1 listen to a sample recording of the theory u audio book available now. We live in a time of chaos, rich in potential for new possibilities. With his colleagues, scharmer introduced the concept of presencing learning from the emerging future in his bestselling books theory u. Scharmer introduced the concept of presencinglearning from the emerging futurein his bestselling books theory u and presence the latter coauthored with peter senge et al. He also is a vice chair of the world economic forums global agenda council on new leadership models. Now scharmer has revised, updated, streamlined, and enhanced his seminal text.
Scharmer then took the basic principles of this method and extended it into a theory of learning and. Claus otto scharmer has dedicated his life work to helping individuals and institutions collaboratively shape the emerging future for the healing of the whole a process that unfolds through collective inquiry, holistic knowing, and cocreativity. To be quite honest, theres not much thats new in them. Otto scharmer next practice institute reading room. Discovering order in a chaotic world third edition. Scharmer explained that what we pay attention to and how we pay attention is key to what we create. He chairs the mit ideas program and cofounded the global wellbeing lab.