Presencing: 7 Practices for Transforming Self, Society, and Business

by C. Otto Scharmer, Katrin Kaufer

A revolutionary guide to catalyzing multi-system change and planetary healing.

Experience 7 practices combined with powerful frameworks to create a more integrated and conscious future from the bestselling author of Theory U .

We are living in a time of unprecedented crisis and breakdown. But amid the chaos, small "islands of coherence" are emerging-localized pockets of pioneering thought leaders taking action to begin to catalyze multi-system transformation.

Incorporating proven frameworks like Social Fields and the Collective Evolutionary Mirror, the authors share transformative real-world stories of these islands of coherence from the frontlines of change across the globe. You'll go inside the experiences of paradigm-shifting change makers and gain powerful practices for sensing and actualizing the future that wants to emerge.

This book outlines 7 critical contributions for elevating our civilization
•becoming aware
•generative listening
•dialogue and co-sensing
•presencing
•ecosystem leadership
•co-creating across boundaries
•build unity

With this holistic guide, you'll discover how your local actions can cascade into a planetary movement for human and ecological flourishing. The next renaissance is emergent-be a part of birthing it into reality.

208 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 15, 2025

About the author

Dr. C. Otto Scharmer is a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and founding chair of the Presencing Institute. Otto introduced the concept of “presencing”—learning from the emerging future—in his bestselling books Theory U and Presence (the latter co-authored with Peter Senge et al.). In 2015 he co-founded the online MITx u.lab, which has since activated a global eco-system of societal and personal renewal involving more than 100,000 participants from 185 countries. Otto received the Jamieson Prize for Excellence in Teaching at MIT (2015) and the Leonardo European Corporate Learning Award (2016). His new book, The Essentials of Theory U (March 2018), focuses on the core principles and practical applications of awareness-based systems change in the context of reinventing our economies, democracies, and educational systems.

For more information visit www.ottoscharmer.com.