Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presencing: Von der entstehenden Zukunft her lernen ExpertInnenkommission Zukunft der Schule Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur 26. Januar 2008 Dr. C. Otto Scharmer Massachusetts Institute of Technology What I would like to do is to share some work in progress. Three streams of experience

I. Ausgangspunkt: Theory U und der Presencing-Prozess II I. Ausgangspunkt: Theory U und der Presencing-Prozess II. 5 Thesen zum Innovationsprozess der neuen Schulen

The Blind Spot of Leadership Results: What Completed Painting Process: How Process of Painting Source: Who Blind Spot: Inner place from that we operate Blank Canvas © 2007 C.O. Scharmer

“The success of an intervention depends on the interior condition of the intervenor.” William O’Brien, former CEO of the Hanover Insurance Company

Redesigning: policies Four Levels of Responding to Change 1. Reacting: quick fixes manifest action 2. Redesigning: policies process, structure 3. Reframing: values, believes thinking Source of energy, inspiration and will 4. Regenerating: sources of commitment and energy

Two Sources of Learning, Two Learning Cycles A. Learning by reflecting on the experiences of the past act - observe - reflect - plan - act B. Learning by presencing emerging futures © 2005 C.O. Scharmer

Allow the inner knowing to emerge Downloading Observe, observe, observe Act in an instant Retreat and reflect: Allow the inner knowing to emerge

Field Listening1: Downloading I-in-me Listening 2: Factual I-in-it Field- Structure Of Attention Field Downloading habits of thought reconfirming old opinions, judgments Listening1: Downloading I-in-me Attending from an open mind noticing disconfirming or new data Listening 2: Factual I-in-it Listening 3: Empathic Attending from an open heart seeing the world through the eyes of another I-in-you Attending from source seeing from emerging future possibilities Listening 4: Generative I-in-now

Allow the inner knowing to emerge Downloading patterns of the past reacting Performing redesigning Observe, observe, observe Act in an instant reframing Retreat and reflect: Allow the inner knowing to emerge

Open Mind VoJ Open Heart VoC Open Will VoF Access Your... Downloading runterladen Performing In die Welt bringen innehalten Open Mind verkörpern Seeing hinschauen VoJ Prototyping erproben umwenden Open Heart hervorbringen VoC Sensing hinspüren Crystallizing verdichten Open Will loslassen entstehen lassen VoF Presencing anwesend werden Who is my Self? What is my Work?

These 1: Die neue Schule lebt in vier unterschiedlichen Feldern der Aufmerksamkeit und Kommunikation.

Field Listening1: Downloading I-in-me Listening 2: Factual I-in-it Field- Structure Of Attention Field Downloading habits of thought reconfirming old opinions, judgments Listening1: Downloading I-in-me Attending from an open mind noticing disconfirming or new data Listening 2: Factual I-in-it Listening 3: Empathic Attending from an open heart seeing the world through the eyes of another I-in-you Attending from source seeing from emerging future possibilities Listening 4: Generative I-in-now

Dialogue: Reflective inquiry Field- Structure Of Attention Field Speaking from what they want to hear Polite routines, empty phrases Autistic system (not saying what you think) 1 Downloading: Talking nice I-in-me Speaking from what I think Divergent views: I am my point of view Adaptive system (say what you think) 2 Debate: Talking tough I-in-it 3 Dialogue: Reflective inquiry Speaking from seeing myself as part of the whole From defending to inquiry into viewpoints Self-reflective system (reflect on your part) I-in-you Speaking from what is moving through Stilness, collective creativity, flow Generative system (identity shift: authentic self) 4 Presencing: Generative flow I-in-now

These 2: Der Lern- und Entwicklungsprozess der neuen Schule organisiert sich entlang einer evolutionären “sozialen Technik” des Werdens (fünf Grundbewegungen).

5. Gemeinsame Gestaltung: Umsetzung des Neuen, so dass Handeln und Wahrnehmung vom Ganzen her möglich wird 1. Gemeinsame Intentionsbildung: Den gemeinsamen Grund entdecken und freilegen 4. Gemeinsames Experimentieren: Entwickele Prototypen von Beispielen des Neuen, um die Zukunft im Tun zu erkunden 2. Gemeinsame Wahrnehmung: „Hinschauen, hinschauen, hinschauen“-- gehe zu den Orten und Menschen, die für Deine Situation wichtig sind und höre mit offenem Denken und Herzen zu. Gemeinsame Willensbildung: Geh zu einem Ort der Stille und lass das innere Wissen entstehen (Presencing).

These 3: Die soziale Technik basiert auf und kräftigt sieben Kernfähigkeiten menschlicher, sozialer und kreativer Kompetenz.

Open Mind Open Heart Open Will 1. Raum geben und halten: Hinhören auf die entstehende gemeinsame Intention 7. Performing: In die Welt und in den Alltag bringen 2. Seeing: Hinsehen mit dem offenen Denken Open Mind 6. Prototyping: Kopf, Herz und Hand praktisch verbinden Open Heart 5. Crystallizing: Die Kraft der Intention verdichten 3. Sensing: Hinspüren mit dem offenen Herzen Open Will 4. Presencing: Mit der höchsten zukünftigen Möglichkeit wahrnehmen und anwesend werden

These 4: Die neue Schule ist ein differenziertes lebendiges System mit neun unterschiedlichen Räumen und Infrastrukturen des Lernens.

K1: non-reflective knowledge knowledge without self-reflection K2: self-reflective knowledge: reflection-on- action K3: Self- transcending knowledge: reflection-in-action Knowledge and Intelligence OPEN MIND IQ explicit Lecturing: explicit knowledge “learning is to fill a barrel” Training: practice+feedback “learning is to reflect on exercise” Creative practice: e.g. theatre “learning is to improvise in real time” Experiential: immersion journeys, action projects, empathy walk embodied knowledge Case clinics, reflection papers, dialogue walk: reflection-on- embodied knowledge Embodied Presence Practices; Performing personal intention statements; inspiration-in-action OPEN HEART EQ embodied Deep immersion practices: transfor- mative storytellling, total immersion journeys deep inner knowing Deep inversion practices: circle work guided journaling, deep inner self-knowing Stillness practices: room of silence, solo in nature, con- templative practices intuition-in-action OPEN WILL SQ not-yet-embodied © 2008 C.O. Scharmer

These 5: Die Organisationsform der neuen Schule ist umfeld-erweiternd und offen und schafft Räume für gesellschaftliche Innovation.

Field 1 Centralization: machine bureaucracy I-in-me Field- Structure Of Attention Field Source of power: hierarchy Complying with central rulescenter-driven Logic: economies of scale (production) 1 Centralization: machine bureaucracy I-in-me Source of power: market success Meeting market demandperiphery-driven Logic: economies of scope (customer) 2 Decentralization: divisions I-in-it 3 Networked: matrix Source of power: networked relationships Mobilize action through networks relational driven Logic: economies of innovation (product innovation) I-in-you Source of power: field of emerging possibilities Shape innovation ecosystemsemerging field driven Logic: economies of presencing (system innovation) 4 Ecosystems of Innovation I-in-now

Field Structure of Attention Meso: Macro: Mundo: Micro: THINKING /LISTENING Field Structure of Attention Meso: CONVERSING /LANGUAGING Macro: ORGANIZING /STRUCTURING Mundo: Mechanism of COORDINATING Field 1: Operating from the old me-world Listening 1: Downloading habits of thought Downloading: Talking nice, politeness rule-reenacting Centralized: Machine bureaucracy Hierarchy: Central plan Listening 2: Factual, object-focused Field 2: Operating from the current it-world Debate: Talking tough rule-revealing Decentralized: divisionalized Market: competition Field 3: Operating from the current you-world Listening 3: Empathic listening Dialogue inquiry rule-reflecting Networked relational Dialogue: (mutual adjustment) Listening 4: Generative listening Field 4: Operating from the highest future possiblity that Is wanting to emerge Presencing: Collective creativity, flow rule-generating Ecosystem Ba Collective Presence: Seeing from the emerging Whole

Resources and Literature: Scharmer, C. Otto (2007). Theory U: Leading from the Emerging Future As It Emerges. The Social Technology of Presencing), Cambridge, MA: SoL Press. Senge, P., C. O. Scharmer, J. Jaworski, and B. S. Flowers. (2004). Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future, Cambridge, MA: SoL Press. www.presencing.com www.ottoscharmer.com www.theoryU.com www.dialogonleadership.org www.presence.net