Theory U: Leading Deep Transformation for Business, Society and Self
A Presencing Foundation Program with in-person guest speaker Otto Scharmer
At a Glance
This retreat-like workshop is designed for leaders, teams at all levels, and practitioners across different sectors, to learn and experience the core tools and methods developed by the Presencing Institute. The program will introduce leadership frameworks and processes for leading profound innovation and change, both within organizations and across societal systems.
The program is also part of the Presencing Institute's practitioner certification pathway.
June 30 – July 4, 2025
Residential workshop
Location:
Landgut Stober
Behnitzer Dorfstraße 27-31
14641 Nauen OT Groß Behnitz
Germany
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Language:
English
Schedule
The program begins on
Monday, June 30 at 6:00 pm CEST with dinner
and ends with packed lunch at 1:00 pm CEST on
Friday, July 4, 2025.
Rates
Regular: 4.500 €
Reduced: 2.700 €
Regular Rate applies to: corporations, donor organisations, philanthropists, impact investors, consultants, etc.
Reduced Rate applies to: non-profits, social leaders, individuals with moderate income, community activists, members of the academic community, etc.
Tuition includes 19% VAT, course materials, 4 lunches, 4 dinners and coffee breaks - beginning with dinner on Monday, June 30 and ending with lunch on Friday, July 4, 2025.
A shuttle service from and to Berlin main train station will be provided.
We offer a limited number of scholarships on application.
For any further questions contact us.
Accommodation
Participants of this residential program will stay in the hotel of the venue. Rooms have to be booked and paid individually.
Rates:
Single 169 €/night
Double 209 €/night
including breakfast
(switch to English language at the top of the page).
Transport
A shuttle ride will be organized from Berlin main train station on June 30 at 3:00 pm and on July 4 after the program back to Berlin main train station leaving at 1:00 pm at the venue.
If you travel individually to the venue you can find more information here.
Cancellation Policy
The amount paid minus a € 300 cancellation/processing fee will be refunded for all cancellations received in writing before May 31, 2024.
After that date no refunds will be granted for cancellations.
You may arrange for a substitute participant at least two (2) weeks before the program. Should the Presencing Institute need to cancel the program, participants will receive a refund of their tuition, but no reimbursement for booked flights or other travel or program-related expenses.
Description
- How can I learn from the future, rather than re-enacting patterns of the past?
- What will it take to generate “action confidence”--the capacity to connect with inner creativity or “source” as we move into an uncertain future?
- How can I apply these tools and practices in the organizations and teams I’m a part of?
This four-day experiential workshop is designed for leaders and teams at all levels. It introduces frameworks, tools and practices for sensing and facilitating profound innovation and change both within organizations and across societal systems. The program is designed as a U-process to allow you to experience the U-process in depth.
You will join about 75 others from across the globe and have the time to slow down, connect with core intention and draw inspiration from the collective capacity this gathering generates. Expect to connect deeply with changemakers, innovators and leaders across sectors, generations, continents and political sensibilities. You will leave with a meaningful long lasting network.
Social Presencing Theater (SPT), Theory U’s embodiment and Social Arts practice, is weaved throughout the four days to deepen insight and experience. Stories and case studies support you in customizing this tested, reliable approach to your own situations at home.
Case clinics are a structured opportunity to work through your specific challenges, projects and aspirationgs with peer support.
This intensive is of particular value to teams in the early stages of working on joint projects. While attuning your individual leadership capacities, teams can create a shared vision for their projects and prototype new ideas.
In our experience a good spread of participation across the sectors - corporate, civil society, government, academia - is part of the magic of this program. Since we are trying to ensure a balanced mix, we might contact you prior to confirming your participation.
What You'll Learn
The course is organized around different practices from Theory U’s awareness-based systems change framework, building on a variety of tools, concepts and processes:
- Theory U overviews– frameworks, principles, process, methods, and tools
- Shifting self and system from “ego-system to eco-system” awareness and action
- Applying Levels of Listening and Dialogue
- Personal and collective contemplative practices
- Embodied Practices with Social Presencing Theater
- “Case clinics” to cultivate collective creativity around tangible leadership challenges
- Actualizing emerging opportunities through crystallizing and prototyping
- Real world stories applying Theory U
Our guiding principle is that the necessary changes in the world occur at various levels, spanning from the individual and team levels to the organizational, cross-organizational, community, civil society, and industry levels.
Team
Otto Scharmer will be joining as guest faculty on day one and day two.
