Theory U

Recently I asked a question to Otto Scharmer during the second class whether the stage of personal development matters for getting to the bottom of the U. Otto replied that an alternative path is that a collective situation can be a gateway to deeper levels of consciousness.

The latter works when there is an immediate and shared sense of urgency, for example when there is an urgent problem to be solved.  Hence, the effort is REACTIVE.

But what about PROACTIVE processes? And particularly multi-stakeholder proactive action? Because they are proactive, an immediate sense of urgency is lacking. So, does personal developmental level matter in such endeavors after all?
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Another cracking conversation started up on the AoH list. Started by Martin Siesta, reporting on something he read on Otto Scharmer's blog:

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