Theory U - Learning from the future as it emerges | Otto Scharmer | TEDxTUHH

TEDx Talks
26 Oct 201624:52

Summary

TLDREl guion de video explora la transformación del sistema social mediante la conciencia y la atención plena, comparando el cultivo de la tierra con la mejora de las relaciones humanas y el entorno. Se discute la importancia de la mente abierta y el diálogo para abordar desafíos globales, y se presenta la U-Lab como herramienta para catalizar el cambio local y conectarse con esfuerzos globales, promoviendo un enfoque de aprendizaje y liderazgo que se extiende más allá de las aulas y se centra en la colaboración y la innovación.

Takeaways

  • 🌱 La importancia de la atención y esfuerzo en mejorar la calidad del suelo, como metáfora de la calidad de las relaciones humanas y el entorno.
  • 🌐 La percepción del campo social como un sistema que requiere de atención tanto en su parte visible como en la invisible, esencial para el bienestar colectivo.
  • 💥 La experiencia traumática de violencia colectiva y la sensación de ser parte de un cuerpo social en el que todos se sienten afectados.
  • 🌱 La transformación de la conciencia económica moderna desde la conciencia egocéntrica a la conciencia ecosistémica, enfocándose en el bienestar colectivo.
  • 🌌 La división ecológica, social y espiritual como síntomas de desconexión entre el individuo, la naturaleza, otros seres y su potencial futuro.
  • 🔬 La necesidad de un cambio de mentalidad desde el enfoque egocéntrico a una conciencia ecosistémica, para abordar problemas más grandes que los individuos.
  • 🤝 La importancia de la colaboración y la conexión entre diferentes actores para enfrentar desafíos que requieren de un enfoque colectivo.
  • 🧘 La práctica de la atención plena (mindfulness) como herramienta para el desarrollo del individuo y la transformación del sistema social.
  • 🗣️ La dialógo como la capacidad de un sistema para ver a sí mismo y promover la conexión y el entendimiento mutuo.
  • 🏫 La revolución en la educación y el aprendizaje impulsada por la digitalización, y la necesidad de adaptar el aprendizaje a un entorno más colaborativo y conectado.
  • 🌟 La visión de reinventar la universidad del siglo XXI y revolucionar el aprendizaje y la liderazgo a través de la integración de prácticas de aprendizaje y la construcción de movimientos sociales.

Q & A

  • ¿Qué sentimientos se experimentan en relación con los ataques terroristas en París mencionados en el guion?

    -El guion refleja sentimientos de dolor y sensación de impotencia en respuesta a los ataques terroristas en París y a los eventos que suceden en el Medio Oriente y otros lugares.

  • ¿Cuál es la pregunta central que el guion plantea para explorar en los próximos minutos?

    -La pregunta central es: ¿Por qué estamos creando resultados que nadie desea y cómo podemos transformar ese sistema utilizando la mindfulness para transformar no solo el estado interior del individuo sino también el sistema colectivo?

  • ¿Qué lección importante se aprendió de la experiencia de la granja y la agricultura orgánica mencionada en el guion?

    -La lección importante es que, al igual que en la agricultura orgánica, la mejora de la calidad del suelo es crucial, en el ámbito social, la calidad de las relaciones y cómo nos relacionamos unos con otros, con el planeta y con nosotros mismos es fundamental.

  • ¿Qué evento significativo del guion refleja una experiencia tangible del campo social?

    -La experiencia del campo social se refleja en la manifestación ilegal y la violencia policial que se desató, donde el narrador experimentó la violencia como un cuchillo cortando mantequilla, simbolizando a la multitud como un solo cuerpo colectivo.

  • ¿Cómo se describen las divisiones ecológica, social y espiritual en el guion y sus causas?

    -Las divisiones se describen como consecuencias de la desconexión entre el yo y la naturaleza (ecológica), el yo y el otro (social), y el yo y el yo potencial (espiritual). Estas divisiones se manifiestan en problemas ambientales, tensiones y violencias sociales, y fenómenos de agotamiento y depresión.

  • ¿Qué institución se menciona en el guion como un lugar donde se explora la transformación de sistemas sociales y organizacionales?

    -El guion menciona el MIT Learning Center en Boston como un instituto de investigación en acción donde se explora cómo transformar los sistemas sociales y organizacionales a través de experimentos prácticos.

  • ¿Qué es el U Lab y cómo se relaciona con el proceso de transformación social mencionado en el guion?

    -El U Lab es una plataforma que ayuda a catalizar el cambio local y a conectar a personas que trabajan en cambios similares a nivel global, fomentando la transformación social a través de la observación, el retiro, la reflexión y la exploración a través de la acción.

  • ¿Qué tres divisiones principales se identifican en el guion como problemas globales que estamos creando colectivamente?

    -Las tres divisiones principales identificadas son la división ecológica, manifestada en problemas ambientales; la división social, que surge de la desconexión entre individuos; y la división espiritual, que se refiere a la desconexión entre uno mismo y el potencial que se puede ser.

  • ¿Qué tipo de cambio de mentalidad se sugiere en el guion para abordar los desafíos globales?

    -El guion sugiere un cambio de mentalidad desde el sistema egocéntrico a la conciencia del ecosistema, enfocándose en el bienestar no solo propio sino del colectivo y la interconexión con otros y el planeta.

  • ¿Cómo se describe el rol de la educación y el aprendizaje en el guion en relación con la transformación social?

    -La educación y el aprendizaje se describen como áreas en transformación, con el movimiento de contenidos educativos en línea y la necesidad de fomentar ciclos de aprendizaje profundos que involucren la mente, el corazón y la voluntad, y que promuevan la conexión y la colaboración en el mundo real.

  • ¿Cuál es la visión final del guion para reinventar la universidad del siglo XXI y revolucionar el aprendizaje y la liderazgo?

    -La visión final es crear una universidad del siglo XXI que combine la educación con la construcción de movimientos, apoyando iniciativas con nuevos mecanismos de construcción de capacidades y capturando el conocimiento para apoyar el viaje de transformación a nivel global.

Outlines

00:00

🌱 Transformación del sistema social a través de la atención plena

El primer párrafo aborda la influencia persistente de los ataques terroristas en París y la sensación de dolor e impotencia. Se cuestiona cómo podemos utilizar la atención plena para transformar no solo el estado interior del individuo, sino también el sistema colectivo. La narrativa se enfoca en la analogía de la agricultura orgánica y la mejora de la calidad del suelo, para representar la calidad de las relaciones humanas y el planeta. La experiencia personal del orador durante una manifestación violenta en su juventud refleja la conexión colectiva y el entendimiento de un campo social más amplio.

05:00

🌟 La división ecológica y social y la transformación de la conciencia

El segundo párrafo explora cómo podemos profesionalmente influir en el cambio de un sistema social desde una perspectiva de investigación en acción en el MIT Learning Center. Se discuten las divisiones ecológica y social, y se sugiere que estas surgen de desconexión entre el yo y la naturaleza, el yo y el otro, y el yo y el yo potencial. Se argumenta que una transformación de la mentalidad de 'sistema egocéntrico' a 'conciencia de ecosistema' es fundamental para abordar estos problemas, y se enfatiza la importancia de la innovación y la colaboración en la resolución de desafíos a gran escala.

10:01

🔄 El viaje de la mente egocéntrica hacia la conciencia de ecosistema

El tercer párrafo describe el proceso de cambio de mentalidad para los grupos de interesados, involucrando la observación, retirada y reflexión, y la exploración a través del prototipado rápido. Se destaca la importancia de la 'trabajo de liderazgo interno' y se enfrentan los desafíos de la ignorancia, el juicio, el cinismo y el miedo. Se presenta la idea de que el diálogo y la atención plena son herramientas clave para el desarrollo de una comprensión más profunda y colectiva.

15:06

🎓 Innovación educativa y la transformación de la universidad del siglo XXI

El cuarto párrafo habla sobre la revolución en liderazgo y aprendizaje, moviéndose el lugar del aprendizaje desde el aula al mundo real y transformando el lugar interno del aprendizaje del cerebro al corazón y a la voluntad. Se menciona el rol de la digitalización en la educación y cómo la plataforma EDX, creada por MIT y Harvard, ha logrado hacer contenido educativo accesible de forma gratuita, pero también ha enfrentado críticas por no fomentar ciclos de aprendizaje profundos.

20:07

🌐 La reinvención de la universidad y el movimiento de aprendizaje colectivo

El último párrafo presenta la visión de reinventar la universidad del siglo XXI y revolucionar el aprendizaje y la liderazgo a través de la creación de 'U Labs', que son espacios para la colaboración y el aprendizaje entre sectores. Se discuten las lecciones aprendidas a través de la auto-organización local y la conexión global de comunidades, y se enfatiza la necesidad de un cambio profundo en la 'tierra' del campo social, moviéndose de la ignorancia a la escucha e inquietud, de la avaricia a la empatía y amor, y del miedo a la audacia y vulnerabilidad.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Ataque terrorista

El 'ataque terrorista' se refiere a un acto violento perpetrado por individuos o grupos con el objetivo de provocar miedo y caos en una población. En el video, el orador menciona los recientes ataques en París para ilustrar el dolor y la impotencia que sienten las personas, lo que se relaciona con la temática central del video sobre cómo transformar sistemas colectivos.

💡Conciencia

La 'conciencia' es la capacidad de ser consciente de uno mismo y de su entorno. En el contexto del video, se relaciona con la idea de la 'conciencia de ecosistema', que es la habilidad de centrarse no solo en el bienestar propio, sino en el bienestar de todo el ecosistema social y natural.

💡Transformación

La 'transformación' es el proceso de cambiar algo de su estado actual a uno diferente o mejor. El video trata sobre cómo utilizar la 'conciencia plena' para transformar no solo el estado interior del individuo, sino también el sistema colectivo que a menudo genera resultados indeseables.

💡Agricultura biológica

La 'agricultura biológica' es una práctica agrícola que evita el uso de fertilizantes químicos y pesticidas sintéticos, enfocándose en mejorar la calidad del suelo. El orador compara esta práctica con la atención y esfuerzos necesarios para mejorar las relaciones interpersonales y con el planeta.

💡Campo de batalla

El 'campo de batalla' se utiliza metafóricamente para describir un lugar de conflicto o lucha. En el script, el orador recuerda un incidente violento cerca de su granja, relacionando la experiencia con la idea de un 'campo social' afectado por la desconexión y la violencia.

💡Divide ecológico

El 'divide ecológico' se refiere a la desconexión entre el ser humano y la naturaleza, lo que da lugar a problemas ambientales. El orador menciona esto como una de las divisiones que contribuyen a la creación de resultados indeseables en el sistema social.

💡Divide social

El 'divide social' se refiere a la desconexión entre individuos y comunidades, lo que puede llevar a tensiones y violencia. El orador sugiere que esta desconexión es un problema fundamental que debe ser abordado para transformar sistemas sociales.

💡Divide espiritual

El 'divide espiritual' implica una desconexión entre uno mismo y su potencial o 'yo' futuro. El orador describe cómo esta desconexión puede manifestarse en problemas personales como el agotamiento o la depresión, y cómo una conexión con el 'yo' potencial puede ser parte de la solución.

💡Mindfulness

La 'mindfulness', o la atención plena, es la práctica de prestar atención a la propia atención, siendo consciente de uno mismo y su experiencia en el presente. En el video, se relaciona con la capacidad de ver más allá de la percepción superficial y conectarse con problemas más profundos y soluciones creativas.

💡Diálogo

El 'diálogo' en el contexto del video no se refiere simplemente a la conversación, sino a la capacidad de un sistema para ver a sí mismo y conectar con problemas más amplios. Es una parte crucial de la transformación del sistema social, permitiendo a los sistemas y a las personas ver y abordar sus problemas desde una perspectiva más integrada.

💡U-Lab

El 'U-Lab' es una plataforma mencionada en el video que promueve la transformación social a través de la educación y el aprendizaje. Se utiliza para apoyar a individuos y grupos en el proceso de observación, reflexión y acción para abordar desafíos sociales y ambientales.

Highlights

The speaker feels the impact of the Paris terrorist attacks and the collective pain and powerlessness, questioning the current state of the world and how to transform it.

The importance of mindfulness in cultivating individual and collective well-being is discussed, drawing parallels to organic farming and the quality of soil.

The speaker's personal experience with the Brock Tov atomic power plant protests and the collective trauma experienced during police violence.

The concept of the 'social field' is introduced, likening it to a farmer's field, with visible and invisible aspects representing relationships and internal connections.

The ecological, social, and spiritual divides are identified as major issues arising from disconnection between self and nature, self and others, and self and self.

The speaker's journey to MIT Learning Center and the exploration of transforming social systems through practical experiments.

The three major buckets of issues globally are identified: ecological divide, social tensions and violence, and the spiritual divide.

The need for a mindset shift from ego to ecosystem awareness is emphasized for addressing global issues.

The importance of engaging stakeholders across sectors for collective problem-solving and the challenges therein.

The process of shifting mindset involves observing, retreating, reflecting, and exploring through action learning.

The inner leadership work involves tuning the inner instruments of knowing: open mind, open heart, and open will.

Resistance to change is identified as coming from judgment, cynicism, and fear, which hinder the open mind, heart, and will.

The speaker discusses the disruption and revolution in education and learning, particularly the impact of digitization and online learning platforms like EDX.

The limitations of online learning in fostering deep learning cycles and the need for a more connected and collaborative approach.

The Alchemist sculpture at MIT symbolizes contemplation and openness, reflecting the transformation in education towards a more connected and collaborative structure.

The vision of reinventing the 21st-century university and revolutionizing learning and leadership by fostering ecosystem awareness and collective creativity.

The U Lab's role in catalyzing local change and connecting with global efforts to transform the collective condition.

The three-fold transformation needed in society: from ignorance to listening and inquiry, from greed to empathy and love, and from fear to courage and vulnerability.

The importance of self-organizing locally and the emergence of a global community willing to engage in deep systemic change.

The potential of the U Lab to support the transformation journey by combining education with movement building and fostering a connected global movement.

Transcripts

play00:03

I still feel the presence of the

play00:09

terrorist attacks in Paris last night

play00:14

and when I sense into that what I'm

play00:24

feeling is pain and powerlessness what's

play00:31

happening today here what's happening in

play00:34

the Middle East what's happening in

play00:37

other places has locked us in to a

play00:42

condition where collectively we create

play00:49

results that no one wants so the

play00:53

question that I would like to follow

play00:55

over the next few minutes is why what

play00:59

can we do to transform that system how

play01:03

can we use the power of mindfulness for

play01:08

not only cultivating the interior

play01:12

condition of the individual but

play01:15

transforming for transforming the

play01:20

collective system I grew up on a farm

play01:23

not too far from here a little outside

play01:25

of Hamburg to the north and my parents

play01:30

actually have been pioneers of organic

play01:34

in this case going to biodynamic farming

play01:36

for the past 60 years so growing up in a

play01:41

place like that and kind of growing up

play01:43

in a family like that made me learn what

play01:50

is the most important thing when you're

play01:52

an organic farmer that's basically what

play01:54

I picked up for my father which is you

play01:57

know you don't use kind of chemical

play01:59

fertilizers what's the only capital you

play02:02

have you put all your attention and all

play02:07

your efforts on improving the quality of

play02:11

the soil so I'm looking at social cyst

play02:14

as a social field like with the eye of a

play02:18

farmer and any kind of field as you can

play02:22

see in the visual it has kind of

play02:23

something that's visible above the

play02:26

ground and then another part that's

play02:28

invisible that's the quality of the soil

play02:30

I'm looking for the eyes of the farmer

play02:33

who is inquiring into the quality of the

play02:38

soil which is the quality of how we

play02:41

relate to each other the quality of

play02:43

relationships of how we relate to each

play02:44

other to the planet into ourselves and

play02:48

right next to our farm was one of the

play02:51

battlegrounds the major bed runs of that

play02:53

movement which was the construct

play02:55

construction site of the Brock Tov

play02:59

atomic power plant so one day there was

play03:02

an illegal demonstration 100,000 of us

play03:05

showed up everything went peaceful until

play03:09

finally the police attacked and with a

play03:13

lot of violence with helicopters with

play03:16

everyone was running and was an acne

play03:19

situation basically everyone was running

play03:21

for their own life but it was a 15

play03:24

kilometer walk back home to the buses so

play03:28

at some point you know it calmed down

play03:31

the walking bang and is as here as we

play03:35

were almost reaching the buses there was

play03:38

then another final attack coming from

play03:41

the left out of woods kind of that we

play03:43

couldn't see before at that point no one

play03:48

was running because it was too late and

play03:50

there was nowhere to go

play03:52

so what happened is the crowd thought

play03:56

stillness the police arrived started

play04:01

beating into the crowd and after a while

play04:06

they stopped and we treated I drink that

play04:13

situation was not physically

play04:17

but I had an experience when that

play04:20

violence was inflicted on the crowd it

play04:23

felt like a knife cutting through a

play04:27

piece of butter except that in this case

play04:29

the butter is you the butter is meat the

play04:32

butter is all of us and we're in that

play04:34

situation so that was the first time

play04:38

tangible experience where although

play04:40

nothing happened to me physically I was

play04:43

part of that collective body so I had an

play04:46

experience of that social field which

play04:49

was just my physical body but which was

play04:52

kind of a feeling affair collective and

play04:55

maybe some of us kind of can feel the

play04:58

same thing so when we resonate with what

play05:00

happened with parents last night you

play05:02

feel a pain that is new your personal

play05:04

pain but it's a pain that you know

play05:07

belongs to us in terms of our collective

play05:10

condition in terms of our collective

play05:12

body when I returned back home that

play05:14

night I was no longer the same pose I

play05:17

knew exactly what I would do for the

play05:20

rest of my life and what is it we can

play05:22

actually do professionally that helps us

play05:26

to shift a social field that helps us to

play05:30

change kind of how a system is operating

play05:33

from one way to another and that journey

play05:37

brought me to the MIT Learning Center in

play05:40

Boston some 20 years ago and the reason

play05:43

I went there was because it was an

play05:46

action Research Institute where this

play05:48

question how we transform how

play05:50

organizations in social systems work is

play05:53

explored by doing by practical

play05:55

experiments the same situation where

play05:59

collectively we create results that no

play06:01

one wants what are these results they

play06:04

can be described can be described in

play06:06

terms of their ecological divide the

play06:09

social divide or ecological and

play06:12

environmental issues can

play06:13

via the social tensions and violence

play06:16

that happens there and the spiritual

play06:19

divide so while the ecological divide

play06:24

that manifests um all sort of

play06:27

environmental issues essentially arises

play06:29

from a disconnect between self and

play06:32

nature the social divide if you drill

play06:36

down essentially arises from a

play06:38

disconnect between self and other and

play06:42

where that social field is disconnected

play06:45

with itself and the spiritual divide

play06:50

arises essentially from a disconnect

play06:54

between self and self what is a

play06:58

disconnect between self and self it's

play07:00

the one self who I am today and the

play07:07

other self who I could be tomorrow the

play07:13

second self is not as tangible it's not

play07:15

as manifest but it's a space of

play07:18

possibility that when I access my

play07:20

creativity I can get a connection with

play07:23

the spiritual divide is the one that's

play07:26

least notice in 20 so how does that show

play07:30

up it shows up when when I disconnect

play07:33

from who I could be tomorrow lots of

play07:35

energy phenomena symptoms of burnout

play07:39

symptoms of depression you know symptoms

play07:43

of not becoming suicidal in 2010

play07:47

worldwide more people killed themselves

play07:50

that they are killed by war murder and

play07:54

natural disasters combined so that

play07:58

basically you could say across all

play08:01

countries we have these three major

play08:04

buckets of issues that we're

play08:07

collectively we enact results that no

play08:10

one wants what we have been doing in the

play08:13

last hundred years is basically created

play08:15

a little

play08:16

for each of these symptoms right one

play08:18

ministry or several ministry voyage of

play08:20

it for each of these issues NGOs that

play08:23

focus on that and so on and so forth I

play08:25

believe that the most important good

play08:29

issue that is kind of at the source for

play08:32

all of the above originates right

play08:36

between our ears originates in our

play08:40

quality of thinking in the mindset that

play08:44

we apply to how to approach these

play08:49

situations and so what we are talking

play08:53

about I believe essentially is a mindset

play08:56

shift from ego system to ecosystem

play09:01

awareness you can reconstruct the

play09:06

evolution of the modern economy and the

play09:09

evolution of what an economic thought as

play09:12

an embodiment of an evolving human

play09:16

consciousness that that moves from

play09:18

habitual and ecosystem awareness to

play09:21

ecosystem awareness and what I mean with

play09:23

ecosystem awareness is an awareness that

play09:26

it's not only focusing on my own

play09:28

well-being but on the well-being of the

play09:30

whole I have and I'm sure many of you

play09:34

have I have done projects and a whole

play09:36

variety of systems education you know

play09:39

health business government

play09:42

sustainability and in all these large

play09:45

systems change efforts the most

play09:49

important leadership challenge is the

play09:52

same no one can solve alone no

play09:56

organization can address alone to

play09:59

address these issues we need to bring

play10:01

together all the different stakeholders

play10:03

across sectors that need to work

play10:05

together differently there and then we

play10:09

need to move these stakeholders from an

play10:11

old way of operating seidel perspective

play10:14

or you could say evil system awareness

play10:18

so a new way of operating which is

play10:22

inclusive of the

play10:24

being of others and the question of

play10:27

course is what does it take what does it

play10:30

take to shift the mindset of the

play10:34

stakeholder group from ego to ego and

play10:37

what I believed and what I have learned

play10:39

over the last years is what it takes is

play10:42

a journey a journey that is moving such

play10:47

a group such a community of stakeholders

play10:49

through the stages of observe observe

play10:53

observe which basically is sensing and

play10:57

seeing the system from the edges from

play11:00

the view of the others from the

play11:05

periphery where the knew is coming into

play11:07

being number two when then this group

play11:11

returns retreat and reflect allow the

play11:14

inner going to emerge connect with some

play11:17

of these deeper questions that we've

play11:19

heard in the earlier talks where my well

play11:22

we what's the future that I want to be a

play11:25

part of that I want to be contributing

play11:27

towards and then as an idea or a few

play11:30

ideas being sparked by that explore them

play11:34

by doing a can instant which means rapid

play11:38

like a prototyping so that's the first

play11:41

thing that I learned this process only

play11:44

works and that's the second thing I

play11:45

learned when you engage in some deeper

play11:50

inner leadership work that essentially

play11:53

deals with tuning free inner instruments

play11:57

of knowing which are the open mind the

play12:02

open heart and the open will why is that

play12:06

so difficult because usually and of

play12:10

their in America I would say three

play12:13

enemies that get into the way and the

play12:16

European I would say there are three

play12:18

sources of resistance that we need to

play12:22

learn how to deal with which are the

play12:24

voice of judgment shutting down the open

play12:27

mind the voice of cynicism basically

play12:31

doing the same kind of on you know

play12:34

the entropy the open heart level and of

play12:38

course the voice of fear that we already

play12:39

heard earlier about seeing yourself as

play12:44

being part of the system that you are

play12:46

engaged with so this move from here to

play12:50

here applied on the level of the

play12:53

individual what we call it

play12:55

it's called mindfulness mindfulness is

play12:59

the capacity to pay attention to your

play13:03

attention to not only see something but

play13:06

to see your own seeing kind of to switch

play13:08

on that matter awareness when this shift

play13:11

is happening from here to here on the

play13:13

level of a team on the level of a group

play13:15

what do we call that we call that

play13:18

dialogue dialogue is not people talking

play13:22

with each other dialogue is the capacity

play13:26

of a system to see itself the essence of

play13:29

systems thinking is the capacity of a

play13:31

system to sense connect with and the see

play13:35

itself and in this project another the

play13:41

you project the unit project it deals

play13:44

with the most was that disruption and

play13:49

revolution that's currently going on in

play13:51

my space which is education and learning

play13:53

and one of the key drivers that's

play13:56

disrupting innovation and learning is

play13:59

digitization and the way it shows up and

play14:03

MIT together with Harvard has been a key

play14:06

player in that is to move all learning

play14:10

all educational content online for

play14:13

freedom so we formed an entity called

play14:16

EDX and that's the purpose of this

play14:18

organization to make all education

play14:20

content accessible for everyone for free

play14:23

great success great user numbers and

play14:26

more lately

play14:27

also more criticism because guess what

play14:30

deep learning cycle that I was talking

play14:34

about doesn't happen here at all

play14:37

when sitting education was bad before as

play14:39

we heard earlier now it works everyone

play14:42

just looking at onto their own screen

play14:44

how is that kind of deeper cycle

play14:47

happening there so that was the

play14:48

experiment and I'm going to show you a

play14:51

little clip the female clip and we'll

play14:53

then wrap up some of the experiences

play14:55

that we learned from that we're here at

play15:05

MIT next to a sculpture called The

play15:08

Alchemist which since its installation

play15:10

2011 has quickly become a popular and

play15:14

iconic symbol on campus

play15:17

card magician hot scientists and part

play15:21

philosopher The Alchemist seems to be in

play15:23

contemplation but at the same time the

play15:26

structure is open inviting people to go

play15:29

in now look at the area surrounding the

play15:35

sculpture

play15:36

you might notice something familiar the

play15:39

benches are made from the limestone

play15:41

salvaged from the original MIT dome as

play15:46

you may remember from the last video the

play15:48

MIT dome was built in 1916 it reflects

play15:53

how universities thought about education

play15:55

at the time abstract knowledge at the

play15:58

top and applied knowledge at the bottom

play16:02

in the new MIT that's emerging now the

play16:05

dome opens up and the process of

play16:08

learning is moving out into the real

play16:10

world to a more collaborative structure

play16:13

that allows people to connect more

play16:14

freely the inversion of the dome

play16:18

represents a profound transformation

play16:20

that we can observe across all

play16:22

institutions in society today

play16:24

governments are opening participatory

play16:27

spaces for citizens and organizations to

play16:29

Co shape the issues that matter to them

play16:32

leading global companies are creating

play16:35

spaces for co-creative learning across

play16:38

boundaries social entrepreneur and

play16:41

co-working spaces such as impact hubs

play16:43

are transforming themselves into spaces

play16:46

for Co sensing and Co shaping the future

play16:49

of their city Ecology's the U lab has

play16:53

surveys and code generated many of these

play16:56

initiatives as you step inside the

play16:59

alchemist what do you see you see a

play17:02

bunch of mathematical formulas it

play17:05

reminds me of a picture that I kept on

play17:08

my desk for the past 20 plus years the

play17:11

School of Athens by Raphael it is said

play17:14

that at the entrance door there was a

play17:16

sentence engraved that said let no one

play17:19

ignorant of math and geometry enter here

play17:22

now 2,400 years later

play17:25

what should mark the entrance of such a

play17:28

school that we are aspiring to create

play17:30

that sentence I believe should deal with

play17:34

a threshold that we need to cross in

play17:36

order to experience the remaking of the

play17:39

wall from within it could read let no

play17:43

one enter who cannot see that the issues

play17:46

outside are a mirror of the issues

play17:49

inside the entrance to this university

play17:53

is not in any one place it exists

play17:56

wherever you are and that is ultimately

play17:59

what the U lab is it's a vehicle to help

play18:03

you catalyze change locally and to

play18:05

connect you with the many of us who work

play18:07

to what similar change globally so join

play18:10

us the journey through you lab begins

play18:13

now

play18:29

this clip basically talks about the dual

play18:33

revolution in leadership and learning

play18:35

today which is moving the place of

play18:37

learning from the classroom into the

play18:39

real world

play18:40

on the one hand in moving the inner

play18:43

place of learning from the head to the

play18:45

heart from the heart to the end so that

play18:49

was basically the invitation there was a

play18:51

significant response and that's the

play18:53

first thing that we learned that across

play18:55

the planet people form place-based

play18:58

communities where they went through the

play19:00

same we process together change by saw

play19:06

Paulo San Francisco and in Oakland and

play19:10

in other places we had companies like

play19:13

Alibaba kind of moving that kind of

play19:16

inside their own organization

play19:17

governments like the government of

play19:20

Scotland with over 80 hubs across

play19:22

Scotland NGOs like the social innovation

play19:27

space who led the the impact hub with 44

play19:33

and 44 cities and what we learned is

play19:37

that this amazing capacity to self

play19:42

organize locally not only happen locally

play19:44

but also started to link with each other

play19:47

across regions so there was a much

play19:49

higher willingness and capacity or

play19:51

self-organized than we would have

play19:53

expected we also learned that you could

play19:56

engage that group on a global community

play19:59

level we asked people as individuals

play20:01

groups organizations and larger systems

play20:03

how do you operate today so we are on

play20:07

which levels are you currently operating

play20:08

and they said it's basically habitual

play20:12

and ego sent you no ego system based

play20:14

transactional with each other in most

play20:16

cases then we said given the charges

play20:19

that you

play20:20

what what is it you need to do in 90%

play20:24

said we need to connect with these

play20:28

ecosystem awareness collective

play20:30

creativity kind of thing and then we

play20:33

said okay so you do one thing but you

play20:36

say you should be doing another why

play20:38

what's holding you back if asks you

play20:41

answer in three words and here's what

play20:43

they said greed fear ignorance at the

play20:50

end of that self web cycle we ask them

play20:53

okay now that you have to connect it

play20:56

with the future that you want to create

play20:57

what does it take for you to make it

play21:00

really happen

play21:00

three words here's what they said

play21:03

courage and the last question was to

play21:07

make that happen

play21:09

what's the support you need from others

play21:11

and here's what they said love listening

play21:15

trust what that community told us is

play21:19

that the transformation of the deepest

play21:22

soil of the bowl social field is a

play21:25

three-fold transformation from ignorance

play21:27

to listening and inquiry from greed and

play21:32

selfishness to empathy and love and from

play21:35

fear to perish and vulnerability we ask

play21:39

them in the end how was the experience

play21:42

for you 50 some percent said I opening

play21:46

and 36% said life changing how is that

play21:50

possible in online course well the

play21:52

answer is it's not

play21:53

it only happens if you self organize

play21:56

locally in small groups kind of when you

play22:00

know use some of the tools kind of have

play22:03

this deep listening kind of open mind

play22:05

open heart and open world experience for

play22:08

each other so last thing how is that how

play22:14

can then be brought into reality more

play22:16

fully so from that community what we

play22:20

learned is that our vision is emerging

play22:23

to

play22:24

reinvent the 21st century University and

play22:27

to revolutionize learning in leadership

play22:29

today by bringing together three core

play22:32

activities convenient evasion labs that

play22:36

bring together key state order across

play22:39

sectors in order to address the key

play22:41

challenges of a time number one number

play22:44

two to support these initiatives with

play22:47

new capacity-building mechanisms that

play22:50

link the head heart and mind right there

play22:53

the open mind open heart and the open

play22:55

world in structured ways and then number

play23:00

three capture the knowledge of what's

play23:02

being learned and turn there into

play23:04

methods and tools that further further

play23:06

support the transformation journey we

play23:09

are on to make that happen globally we

play23:13

need to bring in you know hubs places

play23:17

core teams the platforms and of course

play23:21

also the funding that's supporting

play23:23

something like that and when you look at

play23:25

this and ask ourselves what what is that

play23:27

really it's a hybrid between education

play23:30

and movement building met the core was

play23:34

any meeting all of that is the movement

play23:36

that's already there in the wall today

play23:39

and what this what we are stepping into

play23:43

here and I happen to believe that you

play23:46

know I started with the question what

play23:48

does it take to transform you know our

play23:51

collective current condition which is

play23:54

collectively enacting results that no

play23:56

one wants and what I basically said is

play23:59

what it takes is to cultivate the soil

play24:02

of the social field by transforming how

play24:06

we relate to each other to the planet

play24:08

and to ourselves which basically is

play24:12

awakening a movement that's already in

play24:15

the where and making that movement aware

play24:17

of itself so that movement shows up in

play24:20

many places but you know it's kind of

play24:22

not connected

play24:24

each other and what I believe we a here

play24:29

for as a generation is to bring that

play24:32

kind of change that we have seeds off

play24:35

around the world already more into

play24:37

reality are really making it as the

play24:40

cheated

play24:40

focus of the next years to come

play24:44

thank you very much

Rate This

5.0 / 5 (0 votes)

Related Tags
Conciencia ColectivaLiderazgoTransformación SocialEducación InnovadoraMente AbiertaCambio GlobalCooperaciónSistemas AbiertosEmpatíaSostenibilidadInnovación Digital
Do you need a summary in English?