What is Theory U?

At its core, Theory U comprises three main elements:

1. A framework for seeing the blind spot of leadership and systems change: the "interior condition" from which we operate;
2. A practical method and tools for change makers to implementing awareness-based change;
3. A new narrative for evolutionary societal change: updating our mental and institutional operating systems in all of society's sectors from ego to eco.

Drawing on the MIT tradition of action research, Theory U has evolved over two decades of experimentation and refinement by a global community of practitioners. 

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What are the 4 Returns?

The 4 Returns Framework, developed by Commonland, is a systemic, science-based framework that offers a simple formula to create a common understanding of what a healthy landscape means. Developed in close collaboration with scientific institutes, business schools, farmers, and experts, it supports people from across the spectrum – government, business, and communities – to co-create and act on a common vision for a resilient landscape. It supports stakeholders to transform degraded ecosystems through achieving 4 returns: inspiration, social returns, natural returns, and financial returns. 

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