Presencing Global Classroom
Collective Leadership for Profound Innovation and Change
| February 2-5, 2009 Schloss Marbach, Germany (next major airport Zurich, Switzerland) Schloss Marbach Program oversubscribed. REGISTRATION CLOSED. Please contact us in regards to the Foundation Program in November. Facilitated by: » Dr. C. Otto Scharmer » Dr. Ursula Versteegen » Arawana Hayashi The Presencing Foundation Program provides an introduction into the concepts and practices of the U-process and Theory U, a social technology for helping to bring about profound innovation and change. In working with leadership teams across sectors and industries, Otto Scharmer realized that leaders could not meet their existing challenges by operating and learning on the basis of past experience alone. A synthesis of his most recent research has resulted in a framework and practice called presencing, which he elaborates in Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges (2007), and in Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society (2005), co-authored with Peter Senge, et al. The focus of this method is on sensing and actualizing emerging future opportunities, both individually and collectively. In this program you will learn how to sense and seize future opportunities and how to connect to the deeper journey of your professional and personal life in order to become a more effective leader and change-maker in your work and your life. We encourage participants to attend in teams. Dr. Otto Scharmer and his colleagues have used presencing to facilitate profound innovation and change processes both within companies and across societal systems. For more information on Presencing: www.Presencing.com. Dr. Ursula Versteegen is a founding member of the Presencing Institute, she is an independent action researcher and consultant and works with Otto Scharmer in different corporate and non-profit applications of the U-process. Ursula holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from University of Freiburg in Germany and a Masters of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. Arawana Hayashi, a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, will introduce Presencing Embodiment Practices as well as offer meditation techniques that help participants to work more holistically. Registration + Logistics Terri Seever seever@presencing.com voice: + 1 617 475 5182 Program Content Dr. Ursula Versteegen ursula.versteegen@t-online.de voice: +49 (40) 41 339 510 |
Logistics Participants are responsible for covering their hotel room and expenses. For rates and details go to Travel + Lodging. Registration opens at 4:30 PM on February 2, 2009. Please plan to arrive no later than 5:30 PM to allow time for registeration and check in before the workshop begins. This event will conclude at 1:00pm February 5, 2009. The workshop will run daily from 8:00am to 9:30pm. Includes course materials and all meals beginning with dinner on Monday, February 2, 2009 and ending with lunch on Thursday, February 5, 2009.
The amount paid minus a €200 cancellation / processing fee will be refunded for all cancellations received in writing before December 15, 2008. Please be sure to cancel your hotel room as well. No refunds will be granted for cancellations received after December 15, 2008. This three-day experiential workshop is for leaders and teams at all levels. It introduces a collective leadership methodology for sensing and facilitating profound innovation and change both within organizations and across societal systems. A portion of the Presencing program is dedicated to case clinics, where participants will apply what they are learning to challenges and projects in their own work. Participants will benefit the most from this workshop by attending with two or three colleagues or stakeholders. This Program will be of particular value to teams in the early stages of working on joint projects. While developing their individual and collective leadership capacities, participants will simultaneously create a shared vision for their projects, engage with internal and external stakeholders, and prototype new ideas.  |
