Reader Resources
---- SoL Workshop - Presence: Collective Leadership for Profound Innovation and Change
-- Theory U: Leading from the Future as it Emerges
-- Presence in Action: An Introduction to Theory U - A DVD featuring C. Otto Scharmer
-- The Presence Workbook
-- The Reflections Collection
-- Reflections Volume 5 Compilation
-- Appendix 3: The U Process. From The Fifth Discipline Revised Edition
-- Otto Scharmer Video
-- Dialog on Leadership
-- Free Reflections Article
-- Solving Tough Problems
-- SoL's Booklist
-- SoL's Online Library
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SoL Workshop - Presencing: Collective Leadership for Profound Innovation and Change
Join Otto Scharmer, Beth Jandernoa, and Arawana Hayashi for this 4-day workshop based on the "U model" featured in Presence.
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Theory U: Leading from the Future as it Emerges
Theory U: Leading from the Future as it Emerges, is SoL's newest publication by C. Otto Scharmer. In it, the “U” process, first introduced in his previous work Presence, is expanded, deepened, and offered in comprehensive detail. The shift in awareness he documents allows us to connect to our best future possibility and realize it.
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Presence In Action: An Introduction to Theory U
Presence in Action is a DVD featuring C. Otto Scharmer's keynote address prepared for the opening session of SoL's Second Global Forum in September of 2005. Scharmer spoke to the question of how we can be more present to our experience, using the Forum as an immediate opportunity for the participants to experiment with the U process. Read More...
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The Presence Workbook
Orders placed through this website come with a free downloadable Presence Workbook, a companion guide of capacity-building practices, practical tips, and suggestions for further reading from seasoned practitioners.
This 40-page workbook is a PDF file, which is available for download at the time you purchase Presence.
The Workbook can also be purchased and downloaded separately, without buying Presence, by going to: www.store-solonline.org/downloads.htm
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The Presence Reflections Collection
A collection of articles cited in Presence and originally published in Reflections: The SoL Journal is available for purchase and download at: www.store-solonline.org/downloads.htm
The collection includes:
"The Lakes Story" vol 1, no. 4. M. Hotchkiss, C. Kelley, R. Ott, and J. Elton.
"The Pentagon of Praxis" vol. 2, no. 3. U. Versteegeen, K. Käufer, and C.O. Scharmer.
"Conversation with John Kao" vol 2, no. 4. C.O. Scharmer.
"Webs, not Kevlar: Designing Sustainable Organizations" vol. 4, no. 4. H. Bradbury.
"Breathing Life into a Dying System" vol. 5, no. 3. K. Käufer, C.O. Scharmer, and U. Versteegeen.
"The Marblehead Letter"
Dedicated to covering the leading edge of organizational learning in practice, Reflections' feature articles focus on: systemic and cultural change, sustainability, leadership development, cross-sectoral collaboration, innovations in practice, and the future of education. Learn more about Reflections: The SoL Journal.
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Reflections Volume 5 Compilation
This beautiful 200-page publication includes all 10 feature articles in Volume 5, along with a number of Emerging Knowledge Forum pieces. Each feature is accompanied by commentaries from knowledgeable practitioners, researchers, or academics. This special issue also includes an Introduction by Peter Senge and Karen Ayas, and an index of all back issues from Reflections Volumes 1-4. The Reflections Volume 5 Compilation is available for purchase at
www.store-solonline.org/Reflections.htm
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Appendix 3: The U Process
This appendix to the revised edition of The Fifth Discipline explains how the U process "can provide a framework for organizing how the five disciplines are used in time."
Download Appendix 3: The U Process (PDF file).
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Otto Scharmer speaks about Presence 
Otto Scharmer, M.I.T. professor, organizational consultant, and co-author of Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future, believes we must shape our future by responding to it now. In this Voices From the Edge presentation recorded in Boston, Scharmer discusses the power of presencing, his developmental model he calls the "U-Theory," and his vision for consciously evolving ourselves and our global society.
The talk is in four parts:
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: The Blind Spot of Leadership
Part 3: Three Global Shifts
Part 4: Seven Propositions for Emergence
View a free 5-minute clip of the presentation here: (files are in quicktime format)
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You can find audios and videos of Otto Scharmer speaking about Presence and Presencing on What Is Enlightenment? magazine's online multimedia service, WIE Unbound.
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Thought Leader Interview Project: Dialog on Leadership
Many of the interviews that are quoted or referred to in Presence are available at www.dialogonleadership.org. The site includes interviews with dozens of thought leaders (free pdf downloads) and a set of papers documenting an ongoing inquiry into leadership and social change.
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Download a FREE article from Reflections 5.7!
"Awakening Faith in an Alternative Future" by Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers. Drawn from the introductory chapters of Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future this article looks at what will be required to "create the world anew." Pointing out that the key is to see "that we have choices, and that our choices matter," the authors conclude that we will be called to participate in changes that are both deeply personal and inherently systemic. The article is accompanied by commentaries from Darcy Winslow of Nike, the UNDP's Elena Diez Pinto, and Robert Fritz, author of The Path of Least Resistance. Read the article...
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Solving Tough Problems by Adam Kahane
Solving Tough Problems complements Presence as it explores the connection between individual learning and institutional change, and how leaders can move toward deeper and more productive dialogue. Both tough and inspiring, the book explores the "U" model and related technologies that foster and facilitate "dialogues of the heart." More information about author Adam Kahane can be found at www.generonconsulting.com.