The Essence of Fundamental Change

The essence of fundamental change Stop focusing on the parts, start seeing the whole

Suppose you have a headache, regularly

Looking from the outside, it’s a problem waiting to be solved

Suppose you are getting wrinkled

Problem solved ?

Suppose oil is running out

Problem solved ?

“ Problemsolving often functions as a way of maintaining the status quo rather than enabling fundamental change ”

Why

Problem solving is reactive “ We are downloading habitual ways of thinking”

“ Simply labeling a situation as a “problem” allows us to distance ourselves from it and blocks observing whatever arises as it actually is”

David Bohm “ Normally our thoughts have us , rather than we having them”

Fundamental change occurs when we learn to see from the whole

Seeing from the whole does not happen as a result of ‘trying’. It comes out of ‘ suspending ’ our voice of judgment

“ If we can simply allow ourselves to sit with all the seemingly unrelated bits and pieces of information we see, fresh ways to understand a situation can eventually emerge”

The less you pack, the more awaits you

“ When we truly suspend taken-for-granted ways of seeing the world, what we start to see can be disorienting and disturbing ”

“ Embarking and continuing this journey requires the willingness to accept many such moments of “profound disorientation”

Break down the walls between self and world

Sense what is happening from within a situation, rather than from outside

Minds are like parachutes They only function when open

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Acknowledgement

This presentation is the personal view of Marina Noordegraaf of the essence of " Presence : An exploration of profound change in people, organizations and society ", Peter Senge, Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski en Betty Sue Flowers

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