The Challenges of Our Time
Inspired by C. Otto Scharmer, Presencing Institute
Disruptions
Disruptions force us to figure out how to cross the abyss
between a current reality and a future potential.
Like on a mountain hike: we've got to descent first before going higher.
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Divides force us to learn about symptoms.
Like in an iceberg the deeper reasons are mostly invisible.
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Symptoms
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Visible symptoms are only a minor part of a disruption.
The major parts are invisible to our eyes, such as:
Structure
Thoughts
Source
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Symptoms
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Symptoms of our times arise from our broken relationships with:
Division
Ourselves
Our fellow human
Our natural world
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Kurt Lewin
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“You cannot understand a system
unless you change it.”
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