Social Presencing Theater for scaling up collective intelligence and wise action

In his new book on Theory U, MIT professor Otto Scharmer describes one of the 7 enabling conditions for inspiring a positive shift on a global scale:

"A new social art form I call Social Presencing Theater that stages media events and productions to connect different communities and their transformational stories by blending action research, theater, contemplative practices, intentional silence, generative dialogue and open space."

Social Presencing Theater is striking an enthusiastic chord in many people who read or hear about it. When Otto told me about the idea in our first conversation two years ago, my soul caught fire as I imagined what could happen when Social Presencing Theater links up communities across a country or across the globe in co-creative, future-responsive dialogues, fun, and wise action.

In this --longish!-- blog entry, I explore some relationships between Social Presencing Theater (SPT) and collective intelligence (CI).

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