Presencing Institute

Tomorrow Morning at 10am ET - #PresencingSeries launches with Session 1: Presencing: 7 Practices for Transforming Self, Society, and Business. Hosted by Antoinette Klatzky - this interactive session will feature presentations from Otto Scharmer, Katrin Kaeufer, and Laura Pastorini. The session will also be supported by awareness practices from Arawana Hayashi and generative scribing by Kelvy Bird. After the 90min interactive session there will be an opportunity for you to join 30min small group breakouts to connect with others. For those who are registered, • We're recommending you join the Zoom Events lobby 10min before the session starts to secure your space. • To find your personal link into the session, you can either find it in find a recent email from "u-school" in your inbox or log into our website - navigate to the Presencing Series offering (PresencingSeries.org) - navigate to the "Session 1 links" page in your "program menu" and locate the "Join Zoom Session" button We're looking forward to seeing you there! #PresencingSeries2025 #TheoryU #EmergingFuture #SystemsChange

Check out this video: From the first Ecosystem Leadership Program Asia Pacific (that took place last August) this wonderful 4 minute video was created that gives us an inside sense of what the program is like. From deep intention, to practical methods, to leaning into a different kind of leadership - take in the unique space of the Ecosystem Leadership Program that takes place in Bali, Indonesia. https://lnkd.in/eBQxE2eX Ecosystem Leadership Program Asia Pacific is happening again this June in Bali, Indonesia. To learn more visit: https://bit.ly/elpap2025m1 Jayce Pei Yu Lee, Crystal Huang, Katie Stubley, John Stubley, Shobi Lawalata, Bel Villavicencio, Pramita Indrarini, Manish Srivastava, United In Diversity Indonesia, #Presencing #TheoryU #EcosystemLeadership #AsiaPacific #LeadingChange #LeadingTransformation #ELPAP #ELP #ELPAP2025 #LeadershipRetreat #LeadershipTrainingAsia

It's hard to believe we're already here - THIS Thursday the #PresencingSeries launches with our first session centered around the insights, stories, and practices that make up the core of Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaeufer's newest book - "Presencing: 7 Practices for Transforming Self, Society, & Business." To learn more about the series and to register - visit PresencingSeries.org In the short 4 1/2 weeks since we opened registration, over 4400 people from around the world have signed up for the series! Flip through the full carousel / album to learn the themes of each session and to take in the amazing artwork from Jayce Pei Yu Lee Across the 6 sessions, the series gathers a global community already bringing about remarkable change across sectors and regions. Through insightful speakers, presencing practices, and the social arts - these sessions are designed by to help us individually and collectively sense and actualize the future that is in need of us, that is calling us. Leveraging the power of the new Zoom Events platform, each 90min session will be accompanied by 30min small group breakouts where participants will have the chance to connect, dialogue, and sense-make with others. Visit PresencingSeries.org to learn more about the program, the speakers, and how you can get involved. #TheoryU #Presencing #OnlineSummit #SpeakerSeries #Changemakers #Futurism #Futurist #SystemsChange #RegenerativeFuture #Regenerative #Transforming #Transformation

Presencing: 7 Practices for Transforming Self, Society, and Business releases this week! You can find links to order the book and access the first two chapters for free at ottoscharmer.com Co-authored by Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaeufer, this groundbreaking guide offers 7 transformative practices to catalyze multi-system change and planetary healing. Blending proven frameworks like Social Fields with real-world stories of global change-makers, it provides a powerful pathway to collective transformation. Amid today’s crises, small "islands of coherence" are paving the way for a new planetary movement. Learn how to unlock generative listening, presencing, and ecosystem leadership to co-create a future of unity and flourishing. Your local actions can ripple outward to inspire global change—be part of the next renaissance. To access the first two chapters for free or to order the book, visit ottoscharmer.com #OttoScharmer #TheoryU #IslandsofCoherence #SocialField #SystemsChange #Transformation #PolyCrisis #Systemsthinking #planetarymovement #ecosystemleadership #globalchange

What does it mean to truly be in service to the emerging future? Ecosystem Leadership Program is an intensive in-person and on-island program in Bali, Indonesia, for change makers and innovators across sectors and across the Asia Pacific. Join a network coming together to co-cultivate systems practices, activating the deepest sources of knowledge, inspiration and action for awareness-based systems change. Modules 1 & 2 happening this June in Bali, Indonesia: Learn more about Module 1: https://bit.ly/elpap2025m1 Learn more about Module 2: https://bit.ly/elpap2025m2 Jayce Pei Yu Lee, Crystal Huang, Katie Stubley, John Stubley, Shobi Lawalata, Bel Villavicencio, Pramita Indrarini, Manish Srivastava, United In Diversity Indonesia, #Presencing #TheoryU #EcosystemLeadership #AsiaPacific #LeadingChange #LeadingTransformation #ELPAP #ELP #ELPAP2025

ChangeNOW 2025 is almost here! ChangeNOW returns to the iconic Grand Palais in Paris—the venue of the 1900 World Expo—for a spectacular World Expo of Solutions for the Planet! As we mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, ChangeNOW 2025 will gather the most promising innovations, visionary leaders and committed changemakers: 1,000 breakthrough solutions tackling global challenges 500 visionary speakers leading the change 1,200 impact investors fueling innovation 40,000 changemakers from 140 countries Join ChangeNOW, the World Expo of Solutions for the Planet on April 24-26 Get your ticket here 👉 https://lnkd.in/efKrBpw2 #ChangeNOW2025

How can we reimagine the Future of Governance, Democracy & Collective Action? Join us on June 12, 2025 for Session 4 of the #PresencingSeries. On June 12th: Learn alongside practitioners revitalizing democratic processes through approaches that harness collective intelligence. Hear inspiring accounts of communities bridging divides to address shared challenges. Explore practical methods for navigating polarization and creating spaces where diverse perspectives generate innovative solutions. Learn more and register at PresencingSeries.org Guests: Isabel Guerrero is an economist, psychoanalyst, and the co-founder and Executive Director of Imago Global Grassroots, a non-profit that supports mission driven organizations scale up impact. Since 2014 she has taught the course on “Scaling Up and Systems Change for Development Impact” at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Ashleigh Gardere serves as President of PolicyLink, a research and action institute, where she is focused on redesigning the nation to work for all. She understands that realizing a flourishing multiracial democracy requires new values and governing standards in service of our collective flourishing; new ways of working between government and community; and new ways of being, individually and as part of institutions. Martin Kalungu-Banda works with business, government and civil society leaders globally. He advises the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative as thinking partner to Chiefs of Staff and Heads of State, including 3 years as Special Consultant to the President of Zambia. Rich Wilson, CEO of Iswe, is a leading voice in democratic innovation. He is working to establish a permanent Global Citizens’ Assembly, giving millions a role in decision-making. Co-hosted by: Otto Scharmer & Emma D. Paine Awareness practices facilitated by Arawana Hayashi and generative scribing by Olaf Baldini To learn more about the series and this session visit PresencingSeries.org Artwork by Jayce Pei Yu Lee. #TheoryU #Presencing #Governance #Democracy #CollectiveAction #Polarization #Unity #Awareness #systemschange #systemstransformation

How do we shift the power of money & business to be force-for-good? Join us on May 29, 2025 for Session 4 of the #PresencingSeries. Learn more and register at PresencingSeries.org On May 29th: Connect with business leaders who are reimagining economic models from the inside out. Discover stories of companies and financial institutions creating positive impact while remaining economically viable. Explore emerging patterns reshaping industries and creating new possibilities for economic systems that serve people and planet. Guests: Katrin Kaeufer Katrin Kaeufer’s research focuses on leadership, social transformation and socially responsible banking. Her dissertation on Socially Responsible Banking was published as a book. She has consulted with mid-sized as well as global companies, non-profit organizations, the World Bank and with the United Nations Development Program in New York. Robert Metzke As SVP and Global Head of Sustainability at Philips, Robert leads all Philips’ activities in sustainability. He drives the company’s strategy towards innovative, sustainable business models (with a focus on digital and circularity) and embedding sustainable ways of working across the value chain. Carmen Gama Carmen Gama is a New York-based designer specializing in circular design and business models. Originally from Mexico, she serves as the Director of Circular Design at EILEEN FISHER, where she creates scalable systems to extend textile life cycles and reclaim the value of waste, helping the industry build circular pathways for managing textile waste. Ditri Zandstra Ditri combines her current activities leadership role at the Presencing Institute with Supervisory Board roles at Vesteda (Largest mid-rental housing fund of the Netherlands), Constanter (Philanthropy), TU Delft and an advisor role at The Wellbeing Project. She is also actively engaged with the World of Communities initiative, weaving together business and local communities, building prototypes that unlock reciprocal value and potential. Co-hosted by: Otto Scharmer & Antoinette Klatzky This interactive session will also be supported by awareness practices facilitated by Arawana Hayashi and generative scribing by Kelvy Bird To learn more about the series and this session visit PresencingSeries.org Artwork by Jayce Pei Yu Lee. #TheoryU #Presencing #BusinessForGood #Circular #RegenerativeBusiness #Bcorp #ForceforGood #SustainableBusiness #FinanceforGood #SociallyResponsbibleBanking #Sustainability #Regenerative

At the end of this month, join this intimate 3-day Social Arts immersive in Paris, France: https://lnkd.in/dk_yg7cD How can the Social Arts contribute to social change? How do the Social Arts help people build the capacity to lean into the emerging future? Join a unique hands-on, practice-filled program exploring the dynamics between visual arts and embodiment. Facilitated by a dedicated team of Social Arts practitioners alongside special guest Otto Scharmer. Generative scribes Olaf Baldini and Jayce Pei Yu Lee are collaborating with a Social Presencing Theater team of 💃🏼 Agathe Peltereau-Villeneuve, Anne-Sophie Pastel Dubanton, Angela Baldini, Crystal Huang. To learn more and register visit: https://lnkd.in/dk_yg7cD #TheoryU #Presencing #SocialArts #ChangeNow #ChangeNow2025

How can we Reimagine Education & Learning for Human & Planetary Flourishing? Join us for Session 3 of the #PresencingSeries on May 15: PresencingSeries.org Through this 90min session & additional deep dive breakouts - engage with education innovators (from classroom, to regional, to systemic level considerations) cultivating the capacities needed for our complex future. Hear firsthand accounts of transformative learning environments being created around the world. Experience approaches that integrate intellectual understanding, emotional intelligence, and practical application. Guests: Dayna L. Cunningham Dayna Cunningham is the Dean of Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life. Tisch College studies and promotes the civic and political engagement of young people at Tufts University, in our communities, and in our democracy. Dean Cunningham has devoted her career to promoting civic participation, building community partnerships, and advocating for underrepresented communities. Rohan Arul-Pragasam President of the British Columbia School Superintendent Association (BCSSA), a diverse group of system leaders representing all 60 public school districts across the province. Aligned with the mandate of the British Columbia school system, the BCSSA’s mission is to develop students who become responsible stewards of their own health and environment and who contribute meaningfully to the global community. Venla Bernelius Senior Specialist at the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland. At the Ministry, Bernelius works with topics of educational analysis, research-based development and educational equality. She currently coordinates the Finnish “School for Tomorrow” –project, which aims to formulate a new vision for basic education in the context of fast technological and societal change, in collaboration with national and international stakeholders. Deepthy Raghavendra A Professor at ITM Skills University with extensive experience in higher education and consulting (Organizational Development), Deepthy has transitioned in recent years into the field of Learning and Development. Her heart finds purpose in experimenting with new pedagogical approaches and creating learning journeys with safe emergent spaces for students and stakeholders where learning unfolds naturally. Co-hosted by: Otto Scharmer & Eva Pomeroy This interactive session will also be supported by awareness practices facilitated by Arawana Hayashi and generative scribing by Olaf Baldini. To learn more about the series and this session visit PresencingSeries.org Artwork by Jayce Pei Yu Lee. #TheoryU #Presencing #TransformingEducation #FutureofEducation #Humanflourishing #EducationalSystems #SystemsChange #DOE ##MinistryofEducation #schooladministration #schooladministrators #teachers #teachersthatcare