miércoles, 20 de diciembre de 2023

The video is a presentation of the ELP’s new workshop, which will take place in Chile in 2024. The workshop is part of the ELP’s Cycle of Leadership, which aims to create a regional infrastructure for personal and collective transformation based on awareness. The workshop will be attended by leaders from different sectors and regions, who will learn powerful concepts, tools and skills for systemic change. Here are some brief summaries for each point in the outline: Introduction: Laura Pastorini introduces herself as a facilitator of the ELP’s Cycle of Leadership program. She says that she has been working with ELP since 2019 as a trainer and coach for leaders who want to create positive change in their communities. She says that she has a degree in education from Universidad de Chile and a master in social innovation from Universidad Católica de Chile. The Challenge: Laura Pastorini identifies some of the major challenges that we face as a global community today. She says that we are living in a time when we have reached critical thresholds that threaten our survival as a species. She says that we need to act urgently to create a more sustainable, equitable and peaceful world. The Solution: Laura Pastorini proposes a new way of thinking and acting that can help us overcome these challenges. She calls it systemic change based on awareness. She says that this approach involves becoming more conscious of ourselves, others and systems; developing more empathy; cultivating more creativity; fostering more collaboration; building more trust; creating more value; generating more impact; and inspiring more transformation. The Process: Laura Pastorini outlines the main steps of her program’s Cycle of Leadership program. She says that this program is designed to help people develop their leadership skills at different levels: personal foundations (the first module), regional transformation (the second module), global impact (the third module). She also says that this program is aligned with different pathways of certification offered by u-school for Transformation. These pathways are based on different approaches to learning such as experiential learning (ELP), experiential education (EE), experiential learning through service (ELTS) or experiential learning through social entrepreneurship (ELSE). The Workshop: Laura Pastorini invites us to join her in Chile for a four-day intensive workshop that will be held in March 2024. She says that this workshop will be an opportunity for us to connect with other leaders from different sectors and regions who share our vision and passion for systemic change based on awareness. She says that this workshop will also be an opportunity for us to explore our potential as leaders who can make a difference at all levels: personal foundations (the first module), regional transformation (the second module), global impact (the third module). Conclusion: Laura Pastorini summarizes her presentation by highlighting the main points about her program’s Cycle Otto Unveiling a new approach to leading change, MIT lecturer Otto Scharmer challenged listeners with a meditation on "the current reality." Replacing the Iceberg Model, he introduced the Land Regeneration metaphor, where soil quality mirrors the quality of our social field. Improving relationships, like nurturing soil, becomes our mission. Facing massive institutional failures, Scharmer emphasizes the need for new collective leadership, built on two pillars: consciously evolving ourselves and helping systems become self-aware. Cultivating leadership qualities like listening, conversation, and ownership empowers us to be "small islands of coherence" in a chaotic world. These beacons, according to scientist Illya Prigogine, have the power to uplift the entire system to a higher order. In 200 words, Scharmer's message is clear: cultivating personal and social awareness is key to leading positive change in a world crying out for a new order. The text is about the current moment of disruption and transformation in various sectors and systems, and how we can learn and lead in times of change. The author, Otto Scharmer, argues that we need a new consciousness and collective leadership capacity to create a future of greater possibilities. He says that this capacity is based on two principles: We cannot change a system unless we change the consciousness or the mindsets of the people who are enacting the system. We cannot change the consciousness or the mindsets unless we make the system see and sense itself, which means creating a collective mirror that reflects the reality of the system and its impact on the whole. He also introduces Theory U as an awareness-based approach to change systems. Theory U is based on 20 years of action research and learning by doing with a global community of practitioners. Theory U has three main elements: A framework for seeing the blind spot of leadership and systems change, which is the interior condition from which we operate. A method for implementing awareness-based systems change, which is practical methods and tools for change-makers. A new narrative for evolutionary societal change, which is updating our mental and institutional operating systems in all of society’s sectors. He affirms that Theory U integrates various methods and lineages for effecting change, such as action research, design thinking, mindfulness, cognition science, phenomenology, and civil society movements. The text is about how to improve our practice as systems leaders and to create a better future for ourselves and others. The author, Otto Scharmer, suggests that we need to develop five qualities: listening, conversation, leadership, ownership, and governance. These qualities help us to see the whole system and to act from a shared awareness. Listening is the foundation of everything. It can be done at different levels, from factual to empathic to generative. We need to choose the right level for each situation. Conversation goes from debate to dialogue to collective creativity. We need to move beyond the subject-object view and relate more with others. Leadership goes from traditional forms like MBO to participative forms, up to humble leadership. We need to embrace our not knowing and learn from others. Ownership goes from public ownership to family ownership to steward ownership. We need to focus on the purpose of the enterprise and its impact on society. Governance goes from markets and hierarchy to multi-stakeholder processes. We need to act from a shared awareness and collaborate with others. By cultivating these qualities, we can activate the islands of coherence that can lift the entire system to a higher order. The text is about two stories that define the current moment of disruption and transformation in various sectors and systems. The first story is about convergence toward regeneration, ego to eco, and presencing. This story describes how we can evolve our systems and ourselves toward a higher order of coherence, where we act from a shared awareness and create positive change. The second story is about operating model 1.0, matrix of manipulation. This story describes how we are manipulated by external forces that cause mass misinformation, polarization, depression, extraction, and destruction. The text suggests that we are right in the middle of these two stories, and that we have the power to lift the system to a higher order by operating from our own heart and self.