OTTO SCHARMER’S THEORY U CO-INITIATING: ESTABLISHING THE CONTAINER CO-SENSING SURVEYING THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE PRESENCING CO-CREATING CO-EVOLVING THE DESIGN OPEN MIND HEART WILL C. Otto Scharmer. Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges, Cambridge, MA: Society for Organizational Learning, 2007.

OTTO SCHARMER’S THEORY U ESTABLISHING THE HUMAN CONTAINER LARGER PURPOSE (WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?) NORMS (HOW SHALL WE ACT TOGETHER, DEEP LISTENING (WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO ME?)

OTTO SCHARMER’S THEORY U WHAT DO WE KNOW ALREADY? WHAT DATA DO WE NEED? (SOFT & HARD); WHOSE VOICES NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE? WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIC QUESTIONS? MORE LISTENING; RESEARCH; QUESTIONING SURVEYING THE LANDSCAPE EMPATHIC LISTENING

OTTO SCHARMER’S THEORY U LETTING GO; LETTING COME; THE ROLE OF CREATIVITY & THE COLLECTIVE; PRESENCING (PRESENT & SENSING) SEEING FROM THE EMERGING WHOLE COMING UP WITH A PROPOSED SOLUTION GENERATIVE LISTENING

OTTO SCHARMER’S THEORY U WHAT IS A PROPOSED SOLUTION THAT CAN BE RAPIDLY PROTOTYPED? EXPLORE THE FUTURE BY DOING TESTING AND ADAPTING

OTTO SCHARMER’S THEORY U WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE PROTOTYPE; RETURNING TO THE FIRST STEP WITH MORE VOICES AT THE TABLE – LISTENING, LEARNING, DOING, ASSESSING CO-EVOLVING THE DESIGN