The Essentials of Theory U: Core Principles and Applications

A powerful pocket guide for practitioners that distills all of the research and materials found in Otto Scharmer's seminal texts Theory U and Leading from the Emerging Future.

Creating a Better Future

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 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.

• Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges
• Leading from the Emerging Future: From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies
• Who Do We Choose To Be?: Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity
• Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future
• Generative Scribing: A Social Art of the 21st Century
• Humble Leadership: The Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust (The Humble Leadership Series)
• A New Republic of the Heart: An Ethos for Revolutionaries--A Guide to Inner Work for Holistic Change
• Presence-Based Leadership: Complexity Practices for Clarity, Resilience, and Results That Matter
• The Board-Savvy Superintendent
• Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity