In the coming days, we will post stories from the Global Wellbeing Lab’s regional sensing journeys. In advance of these posts, I would like to explain what we mean by a “sensing journey”. In the Lab, we are interested in understanding and addressing the deeper root causes of the intertwined environmental, social, and spiritual-cultural challenges that all societies face today. To do that, we need a method and framework for making sense of our current situation, connecting to our deeper sources of inspiration and creativity, and taking mindful collective action that generates positive outcomes for the planet, each other, and ourselves. It is a tall order. And yet, a promising approach does exist. The Lab is designed on the principles of Theory U – an innovation process that individuals and groups can use to suspend habitual ways of paying attention, access deeper sources of knowing, and explore the future they want to create through rapid-cycle prototyping. Developed by Lab co-facilitator Otto Scharmer along with colleagues at MIT, Theory U has been field-tested in multi-stakeholder innovation processes around the world over the past two decades. Below is a 5-minute video introducing Theory U (part of a free edX.org and MITx course on Theory U titled U.Lab: Transforming Business, Society, and Self). One way the U process differs from other innovation processes is in its emphasis on co-sensing. Co-sensing helps us connect with and tune in to the contexts that matter; moving into a […]
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