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Theory U - a method for sustainable change

Ingredients

* Will to change
* Participation in the courses u.lab 1.0 and u.lab 2.0
* Talk about it with others

* Form a working group on this in your own company
* English language skills (course in English).


Theory U, developed by Otto Scharmer at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Boston), is based on the insight that the effectiveness of actions is most strongly influenced by the inner attitude of the person acting and the orientation towards the future. Making this inner knowledge specifically accessible and "future-ready" is the content of a free training series (u.lab 1.0 and u.lab 2.0) currently offered annually and free of charge by MIT. In the training, one develops a new view of one's company and possible change potentials along a U-shaped transformation process, the result of which leads to concrete options for action.

The Theory U is ...
...a framework that describes a process of change that can be personal, organizational, community, or global. 
...a mindset that operates from a deeper awareness of "the whole."
...a movement that is networked worldwide and works towards a fairer future "for all".  

Here are some questions that Theory U invites us to consider:
1. do I take my counterpart's point of view into account when I create my own vision of an ideal future?
Do I take the other actors in my ecosystem seriously or do I negate their position?
3. will the way I am currently working actively promote the change I want to see?

I have already gone through the training twice. It is not without effort, but it is worth it in any case. It's best if you can get others in your company excited about it and then form topic-oriented working groups together. Forming groups is part of the process anyway.

Links
https://theory-u.de (a good summary in german language)
https://www.ottoscharmer.com/theoryu
https://www.edx.org/course/ulab-leading-from-the-emerging-future (Platform to enroll for the course)

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