“U in Paris: Activating Collective Leadership from the Emerging Future” is a 2-day intensive in-person seminar that will take place on 23rd and 24th May 2023, in the heart of Paris, gathering multi sector leaders, change agents and dot connectors from the French ecosystems of Education, Social Entrepreneurship and Business. 

The cohort will convene a diverse and inclusive range of participants from all over France for an immersive and experiential workshop based on Theory U, promoting ecosystem activation and consciousness-based transformation, with Otto Scharmer and Arawana Hayashi of the Presencing Institute and with contributions from François Taddei (Learning Planet Institute), Santiago Lefebvre (ChangeNOW) and Thomas Blettery (Ashoka).

The 100 enablers of systemic change coming together include: social entrepreneurs, activists, community leaders, consultants, coaches, facilitators, teachers, researchers, students and youth, from organizations as diverse as Ashoka, ChangeNow, Learning Planet Institute, Ecoute le futur, WAAAS, Life Flowing, CEC, SoGood, La Fabrique Spinoza, Open Opale, La Bascule, les Shifters, Change.org, L’assemblée Citoyenne des Imaginaires, Les Colibris, Ticket for Change, France Apprenante, Les Pépites Vertes, Tribe Empowering School, Au bonheur des Zèbres, Systers Act, Broster, Formapart, Art of Hosting, l'Université du Nous, Fertiles, Sync&Think, Dialogue en IC, Heart Leadership University, Le Campus de la Transition, le Schumacher College, Skema, l'Ecole des Ponts, Voisins Malins, Les Petites Cantines, Label Vie, HOP, Ticket for Change, Le bruit qui court, la Kambrousse, La Tuilerie de Talouan, le 47, La Raiponse, Rejoué, Talent&Impact, Headifice, Nexus, Kairos, Constellation, BioViva, Officience, Club de Rome, Youth Council, European Climate Foundation, Youth Empowerment Circle, Fnac Darty, Société Générale, Schneider Electric, Le Parisien Les Echos, Fondation de France, Fondation BMW.