The document discusses Otto Scharmer's matrix of educational evolution and theory U. It outlines 4 stages of educational evolution from state-centric to co-creative eco-system models. It then describes the key aspects of ULab which focuses on distributed organizing, generative dialogue, collective governance, prototyping practices, and self-transformation. The goal is to shift education from an ego-system approach to an eco-system awareness. Sources provided further information on Scharmer's work relating education to activating social fields and leading from an emerging future.

1. Open Learning Circle 26.6.2017
Otto Scharmer’s Matrix of
Educational Evolution and Theory U

2. Otto Scharmer’s blog in Huffington Post 25.6.2017: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/40-lab-the-future-of-food-finance-health-ed-
management_us_594fa701e4b0f078efd98267

13. A Journey from Ego-System to Eco-System Awareness
1.0: The state-centric model, characterized by coordination through hierarchy and
control in a single-sector society.
2.0: The free-market model, characterized by the rise of a second (private) sector
and coordinated through the mechanisms of market and competition.
3.0: The social-market model, characterized by the rise of a third (NGO) sector
and by negotiated coordination among organized interest groups.
4.0: The co-creative eco-system model, characterized by the rise of a fourth
sector that creates platforms and holds the space for cross-sector innovation that
engages stakeholders from all sectors

20. ULab: Personal, relational, and institutional inversion
● distributed organizing: opening up the classroom to many self-organized hubs
around the world;
● generative dialogue: opening up the conversation from teacher-centric downloading to
student-centric generative dialogue;
● collective governance: opening up the institution to a global innovation context while
cultivating spaces that help the system sense and see itself;
● prototyping practices: opening up the learning modes through hands-on action
learning methodologies;
● self-transformation: opening up the deeper sources of human intelligence by
activating the open mind, open heart, and open will.

23. Sources
● 10 insights on the Ego-2-Eco Economy Revolution:
http://www.blog.ottoscharmer.com/?p=557
● MITx u.lab: Education As Activating Social Fields: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/otto-
scharmer/mitx-ulab-education-as-ac_b_8863806.html
● Theory U: https://www.presencing.com/theoryu
● Leading from the Emerging Future: From Ego-System to Eco-System Economics:
http://www.ottoscharmer.com/publications/books
http://www.ottoscharmer.com/sites/default/files/TheoryU_2nd_Figures.pdf
● Matrix of Educational Evolution:
https://twitter.com/kelvy_bird/status/875415070787981312
Starting 17:30: http://webcast.mit.edu/u.lab2x/live/6/