Leading from the Emerging Future

From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies

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On sale Apr 01, 2013 | 304 Pages | 9781605099262

The author of Theory U shares a practical guide for leaders who want to forge a path to a better future for the world.

We have entered an age of disruption. Financial collapse, climate change, resource depletion, and a growing gap between rich and poor are but a few of the signs. In Leading from the Emerging Future, Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer show us how to lead the shift out of an economy designed to collectively create results nobody wants.

Meeting the challenges of this century requires updating our economic logic and operating system from an obsolete “ego-system” focused entirely on the well-being of oneself to an eco-system awareness that emphasizes the well-being of the whole. Filled with real-world examples, this thought-provoking guide presents proven practices for building a new economy that is more resilient, intentional, inclusive, and aware.
Introduction: Breathing Life into a Dying System
1. On the Surface: Symptoms of Death and Rebirth
2. Structure: Systemic Disconnects
3. Transforming Thought: The Matrix of Economic Evolution
4. Source: Connecting to Intention and Awareness
5. Leading the Personal Inversion: From Me to We
6. Leading the Relational Inversion: From Ego to Eco
7. Leading the Institutional Inversion To Eco-System Economies
8. Leading From the Emerging Future: Now
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Authors
About the Presencing Institute
Otto Scharmer is a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and cofounder of the Presencing Institute and the Global Wellbeing and Gross National Happiness Lab. He is the author of Theory U and a coauthor of Presence.
Katrin Kaufer is research director at the Presencing Institute and a research fellow with the MIT CoLab.

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The author of Theory U shares a practical guide for leaders who want to forge a path to a better future for the world.

We have entered an age of disruption. Financial collapse, climate change, resource depletion, and a growing gap between rich and poor are but a few of the signs. In Leading from the Emerging Future, Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer show us how to lead the shift out of an economy designed to collectively create results nobody wants.

Meeting the challenges of this century requires updating our economic logic and operating system from an obsolete “ego-system” focused entirely on the well-being of oneself to an eco-system awareness that emphasizes the well-being of the whole. Filled with real-world examples, this thought-provoking guide presents proven practices for building a new economy that is more resilient, intentional, inclusive, and aware.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Breathing Life into a Dying System
1. On the Surface: Symptoms of Death and Rebirth
2. Structure: Systemic Disconnects
3. Transforming Thought: The Matrix of Economic Evolution
4. Source: Connecting to Intention and Awareness
5. Leading the Personal Inversion: From Me to We
6. Leading the Relational Inversion: From Ego to Eco
7. Leading the Institutional Inversion To Eco-System Economies
8. Leading From the Emerging Future: Now
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Authors
About the Presencing Institute

Author

Otto Scharmer is a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and cofounder of the Presencing Institute and the Global Wellbeing and Gross National Happiness Lab. He is the author of Theory U and a coauthor of Presence.
Katrin Kaufer is research director at the Presencing Institute and a research fellow with the MIT CoLab.