Leading from the Emerging Future From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies [Paperback]

We have entered an age of disruption. Financial collapse, climate change, resource depletion, and a growing gap between rich and poor are but a few of the signs. Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer ask, why do we collectively create results nobody wants? Meeting the challenges of this century requires updating our economic logic and operating system from an obsolete “ego-system” focused entirely on the well-being of oneself to an eco-system awareness that emphasizes the well-being of the whole. Filled with real-world examples, this thought-provoking guide presents proven practices for building a new economy that is more resilient, intentional, inclusive, and aware.Introduction: Breathing Life into a Dying System
1. On the Surface: Symptoms of Death and Rebirth
2. Structure: Systemic Disconnects
3. Transforming Thought: The Matrix of Economic Evolution
4. Source: Connecting to Intention and Awareness
5. Leading the Personal Inversion: From Me to We
6. Leading the Relational Inversion: From Ego to Eco
7. Leading the Institutional Inversion To Eco-System Economies
8. Leading From the Emerging Future: Now
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Authors
About the Presencing Institute“A watershed! An inspiring, practical weaving of the inner and outer dimensions of the systemic changes so many around the world are now working toward.”
—Peter Senge, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management; Founding Chair, Society for Organizational Learning; and author of The Fifth Discipline

“Scharmer and Kaufer have succeeded in writing the book that has the potential to transform civilization from one based on a rapacious, ego-driven economics to a viable, ecological, awareness-based model. This is a must-read for anyone who cares. It may well be the single most important book you ever read.”
—Arthur Zajonc, President, Mind and Life Institute, and author of Meditation as Contel“&