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Theory U is a framework for facilitating profound social change that involves tuning into one's open mind, open heart, and open will. It provides a process for accessing deeper levels of thinking and connection through suspending judgement, reversing cynicism, and overcoming fear. By connecting to the source of inspiration and going to a place of silence, one can allow an emerging future to take shape through crystallizing a vision, prototyping, and embodying insights into everyday practices. Practitioners have found Theory U useful for assessing group dynamics, guiding communities through transition, and cultivating a culture of deeper listening and collective insight.
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Theory u v5 preview
- 2. Welcome
- 3. MIND What’s thoughts are on your mind? HEART BODY What emotions are you feeling? How are you feeling physically? What are you physically sensing? INTUITION/SPIRIT What are you knowing in your deepest Self?
- 5. Key Questions Why are we not seeing the deep transformational change that the sustainability challenge requires? What is the role of the Self in leading change? Where do our actions come from? What is the source? How do we let go of re-enacting from the past and instead lead from the future that want to emerge?
- 6. Agenda
- 7. Agenda What is Theory U? Why is it needed? A journey down the left side of the U Theory U on Monday Morning: Practitioner Voices Theory U and the FSSD Q &A
- 8. What is Theory U? ...Many things
- 9. What is Theory U? ...Many things A social technology for facilitating profound change in group work (a process template like the ABCD) A leadership philosophy based on connecting to the source of our authentic self and that which wants to emerge through us (Personal and Collective) A set of 24 principles and practices to help practitioners New social field theory: blind spot of our time individual, group, organisational, societal
- 10. What is Theory U? ...Many things A social technology for facilitating profound change in group work (a process template like the ABCD) A leadership philosophy based on connecting to the source of our authentic self and that which wants to emerge through us (Personal and Collective) A set of 24 principles and practices to help practitioners New social field theory: blind spot of our time individual, group, organisational, societal
- 11. What is Theory U? ...Many things A social technology for facilitating profound change in group work (a process template like the ABCD) A leadership philosophy based on connecting to the source of our authentic self and that which wants to emerge through us (Personal and Collective) A set of 24 principles and practices to help practitioners New social field theory: blind spot of our time individual, group, organisational, societal But why do we need this?
- 12. Hello u
- 13. Hello u Challenge Solution
- 14. Hello u Challenge Solution
- 15. Hello u Challenge Solution that nobody wants!!!
- 16. Hello u Challenge Solution that nobody wants!!! Downloading Reenacting habitual patterns of thought, conversation and action. Learning and Leading from the past.
- 17. Hello u Challenge Solution that nobody wants!!! Superficial Change We call these attempts “restructuring” “redesigning” “re-engineering” and more often than not they serve only to deepen our frustration and cynicism.
- 18. Hello u
- 19. Hello u Perception Action
- 20. Hello u Perception When the ...so too Action quality of does the attention ensuing moves change deeper... process
- 21. Hello u Perception When the ...so too Action quality of does the attention ensuing moves change deeper... process I attend ...therefore [this way]... it emerges [that way]
- 22. Hello u Perception When the ...so too Action quality of does the Slow attention ensuing down moves change deeper... process Seeing I attend ...therefore with fresh eyes [this way]... it emerges [that way] Sensing listen with your heart and mind Accelerate wide open Stop
- 23. Why Theory U? ...A powerful leadership tool
- 24. Why Theory U? ...A powerful leadership tool “Theory U helps you develop a heightened state of attention (presencing) that allows individuals and groups to shift the inner place from which they function. When that shift happens, people begin to operate from a future space of possibility that they feel wants to emerge. Being able to facilitate that shift is the essence of leadership today.”
- 26. Inquiry a journey down the left side of the U
- 28. Journaling Exercise Part 1
- 30. Journaling Exercise Part 1 INSERT INSTRUCTIONS
- 31. “What I am suggesting is to develop a new type of social technology that is based on three instruments that each of us already has — an open mind, an open heart, and an open will — and to cultivate these capacities not only on an individual level but also on a collective level.” OPEN MIND OPEN HEART OPEN WILL
- 32. OPEN MIND The first instrument, the open mind, is based on our ability to access our intellectual, or IQ, type of intelligence. This allows us to see with fresh eyes, to deal with the objective figures and facts around us.
- 33. OPEN MIND The first enemy blocks the gate to the open mind... the Voice of Judgment (VOJ). Unless we succeed in shutting down our Voice of Judgment, we will be unable to make progress in accessing our real creativity and presence.
- 34. OPEN MIND
- 36. Attend with your mind wide OPEN open MIND Suspend Judgement OPEN HEART OPEN WILL
- 37. OPEN HEART The second capacity, the open heart, relates to our ability to access our emotional intelligence, or EQ; that is, our capacity to empathise with others, to tune in to different contexts, and to put ourselves into someone else’s shoes. Use the heart as as sensory organ.
- 38. OPEN HEART The second enemy blocks the gate to the open heart. Let us call this the Voice of Cynicism (VOC) - that is, all types of emotional acts of distancing.What is at stake when we begin to access the open heart? We must first put ourselves into a position of vulnerability, which distancing usually prevents.
- 39. OPEN HEART
- 40. Attend with your mind wide OPEN open MIND Suspend Judgement OPEN HEART OPEN WILL
- 41. Attend with your mind wide OPEN open MIND Suspend Judgement Connect OPEN with your heart HEART Reverse cynicism/ disconnection OPEN WILL
- 42. OPEN WILL The third capacity is to let-go of our old self, old identities and intentions; access our emerging authentic purpose and self; and tune into the future that is seeking to emerge through us. It deals with the fundamental happening of the letting go and letting come.
- 43. OPEN WILL The third enemy blocks the gate to the open will. This is the Voice of Fear (VOF). It seeks to prevent us from letting go of what we have and who we are. It can show up as fear of losing economic security. Or fear of being ostracised. Or fear of being ridiculed. And fear of death. And yet meeting and dealing with that voice of fear is the very essence of leadership: to facilitate the letting go of the old “self ” and letting come the new “Self.” Then we can step into another world that only begins to take shape once we overcome the fear of stepping into the unknown.
- 44. OPEN WILL
- 45. Attend with your mind wide OPEN open MIND Suspend Judgement Connect OPEN with your heart HEART Reverse cynicism/ disconnection OPEN WILL
- 46. Attend with your mind wide OPEN open MIND Suspend Judgement Connect OPEN with your heart HEART Reverse cynicism/ disconnection Let go OPEN of your old self WILL Overcome fear
- 47. Attend with your mind wide OPEN open MIND Suspend Judgement Connect OPEN with your heart HEART Reverse cynicism/ disconnection Let go OPEN of your old self WILL Overcome fear
- 48. Attend with your mind wide OPEN open MIND Suspend Judgement Connect OPEN with your heart HEART Reverse cynicism/ disconnection Let go OPEN of your old self WILL Overcome fear Connect to the Source of Inspiration, and Will go to the place of silence and allow the inner knowing to emerge
- 49. Attend with your mind wide OPEN open MIND Suspend Judgement Connect OPEN with your heart HEART Reverse cynicism/ disconnection Let go OPEN Let come the future that of your old self WILL wants to emerge Overcome fear Connect to the Source of Inspiration, and Will go to the place of silence and allow the inner knowing to emerge
- 50. Attend with your mind wide OPEN open MIND Suspend Judgement Connect OPEN Crystallise with your heart HEART vision and intension Reverse cynicism/ disconnection Let go OPEN Let come the future that of your old self WILL wants to emerge Overcome fear Connect to the Source of Inspiration, and Will go to the place of silence and allow the inner knowing to emerge
- 51. Attend with your mind wide OPEN Prototype explore the open MIND future by doing Suspend Judgement Connect OPEN Crystallise with your heart HEART vision and intension Reverse cynicism/ disconnection Let go OPEN Let come the future that of your old self WILL wants to emerge Overcome fear Connect to the Source of Inspiration, and Will go to the place of silence and allow the inner knowing to emerge
- 52. Performing embody into everyday practices & infrastructure Attend with your mind wide OPEN Prototype explore the open MIND future by doing Suspend Judgement Connect OPEN Crystallise with your heart HEART vision and intension Reverse cynicism/ disconnection Let go OPEN Let come the future that of your old self WILL wants to emerge Overcome fear Connect to the Source of Inspiration, and Will go to the place of silence and allow the inner knowing to emerge
- 54. Monday Morning Practitioner Stories
- 55. Stanley Nyoni The Natural Step, Switzerland
- 56. Stanley Nyoni The Natural Step, Switzerland “The results that we get from our actions are dependent on the quality of the relationships we have as a team. Relationships depend on the source of our inspiration. Theory U allows us to connect with that source.” “I use Theory U to assess the current relationship reality of a group. Where are they in the U? Are the relationships superficial or deeper?” “It will feel like you’re losing control, you’ll feel vulnerable, let that happen.”
- 57. Stanley Nyoni The Natural Step, Switzerland
- 58. Stanley Nyoni The Natural Step, Switzerland For sustainability practitioner Theory U can be useful as a method of guiding people, organizations and communities through transition period of uncertainty and instability towards emerging sustainable future. Framework for strategic sustainable development provides solid guideline in terms of technical conditions that should be met in order for develop and implement sustainable vision, while Theory U applies more to the process of how a completely new vision could be co-created by a group of committed individuals. In other words these two concepts could very well complement each other: FSSD could be used to provide solid guidelines for organizational visioning and sustainable development, while Theory U could be a powerful tool for bringing people together in a process of creating this vision and leading their organizations towards a new sustainable future.
- 59. Hein Dijksterhuis Consultant to Triodos Bank, Netherlands
- 60. Hein Dijksterhuis Consultant to Triodos Bank, Netherlands “The value of the U is not so much about all the steps, but that you really relate to each other at a deeper level.” “Connect at a different level, listen generatively, trust each other, then, out of nowhere it almost seems, the solution will come.” “...then all of a sudden, new insights come, not individually, but they really come from different people together – flashes of collective insight. It’s incredible, inspiring...”
- 62. Nils Lindh Navpartners, Sweden “Using Theory U has been a culture change within Navpartners, it’s provided a new language and model. People now ask “Where in the U are we?” “New concepts emerge naturally from involving people in a new way.” “The result is a much stronger team. And we’ve changed the way we view our programs. For example, we’ve changed the focus of our entrepreneur program from training to mentorship. And the focus of our organization to emphasize learning not projects.”
- 63. Practioner Summary? xxxxxx
- 64. Practioner Summary? xxxxxx lorem
- 65. In Summary ...A powerful leadership tool OPEN OPEN OPEN MIND HEART WILL
- 66. In Summary ...A powerful leadership tool 1. A new Social Technology based on tuning three instruments OPEN OPEN OPEN MIND HEART WILL 2. The most important leadership tool is Your Self 3. The Leader’s interior work deals with meeting and mastering three enemies Voices of Judgement, Cynicism & Fear
- 67. In Summary ...A powerful leadership tool 1. A new Social Technology based on tuning three instruments OPEN OPEN OPEN MIND HEART WILL 2. The most important leadership tool is Your Self 3. The Leader’s interior work deals with meeting and mastering three enemies Voices of Judgement, Cynicism & Fear
- 68. In Summary ...A powerful leadership tool 1. A new Social Technology based on tuning three instruments OPEN OPEN OPEN MIND HEART WILL 2. The most important leadership tool is Your Self 3. The Leader’s interior work deals with meeting and mastering three enemies Voices of Judgement, Cynicism & Fear
- 70. Four Minute Practice Spend four minutes each evening reviewing when during the day you engaged in Listening 3 (open mind and heart) and Listening 4 (open mind, heart, and will). If you cannot identify a single instance of deep listening, take note of that too. If you do this exercise for a month, your effectiveness as a listener will rise dramatically — without a single dollar spent on further training or coaching. All it takes is the discipline to focus on that four-minute review process every single day.
- 72. Questions?
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