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"In order to create real change in the world we need to shift the inner place from where we operate, not just as individuals, but also in our collective actions, as groups, as organisations, and as larger systems." - Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer at MIT, Founding Chair of Presencing Institute. Author of Theory U: Leading from the Future As it Emerges.

In the face of accelerating social and environmental breakdown, u-school builds our collective capacities for transformation and tune into more regenerative possibilities that are yet to be born. We invite you to become a member of our programs, hubs, and a growing community of changemakers seeking to radically reshape how we reconnect with each other, with our planet and with our highest future potential for a more regenerative future for all.

Stay tuned—2025 registration opens soon!

Social Presencing Theater Basic | Online: March 20 – 22, 2025 Ecosystem Leadership Program Latin America in Mexico | Modules 1, 2 and 3: April 2 – 6, 2025 Social Presencing Theater Basic in Berlin, Germany: June 13 – 14, 2025 Ecosystem Leadership Program Asia Pacific in Bali: Module 1: June 23 – 25, 2025 (with online pre-sessions) | Module 2: June 25 – 28, 2025 Presencing Foundation Program in Berlin, Germany: June 30 – July 4, 2025 Executive Champions Workshop in Vermont, USA: August 19 – 22, 2025 Presencing Foundation Program in Philadelphia, USA: October 27 – 31, 2025

Just Money: Banking as if Society Mattered | Till Nov 4, 2024

Do you know what your bank does with your money? Learn how banks can use capital as a tool to promote social and environmental wellbeing. Join this free MOOC.

Social Presencing Theater Basic Online Program | Mar 20 – 22, 2025

New to Social Presencing Theater (SPT)? Cannot travel? Take this opportunity to learn the foundations of the The Art of Making a True Move in the only online offering in 2025. Social Presencing Theater is a series of embodiment practices that develop capacity for awareness-based engagement in social and organisational transformation (grounded in Theory U framework).

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Register for u-lab till end of May 2025!

“Many of us feel that we want to be part of a different story - we just don’t know how. u-lab is all about the ‘how.’ (Otto Scharmer). u-lab is a self-paced program run in partnership with MITx Online on the foundations of Theory U, a process for transformative change that blends systems thinking, consciousness and wisdom traditions, and civic action. It is a “learning by doing" program where you get familiar with Theory U tools, methods, and frameworks and start cultivating your ability to apply them to your life and work.

ELP LATAM Goes to Mexico in 2025

The 2025 edition of the Ecosystem Leadership Program in Latin America will take place in Mexico from April 2 to 6, 2025. ELP LATAM holds a deep intention of integrating ancestral knowledges and local activation, for awareness-based systems change across the region. The program is held in Spanish, Portuguese and English, and is part of the u-school certification pathways.

Social Presencing Theater Basic, Berlin I June 13 – 14, 2025

Social Presencing Theater is a series of embodiment practices that develop capacity for awareness-based engagement in social and organisational transformation (grounded in Theory U framework). Participation in this program will be certified as part of the practitioner certifications

Executive Champions Workshop in Vermont, USA | August 19 – 22, 2025

Reconnecting to Place and Re-shaping our Future — Join us for ECW 2025 in the peaceful Green Mountains of Vermont (USA), a gathering that blends the beauty of natural surroundings with the power of groundbreaking leadership practices. Foster deep connections with both the land and like-minded peers.

How Theory U in being implemented?

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