Upgrading change management

Abstract

Claus Otto Scharmer is a Senior Lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and co-founder of the Presencing Institute. He is the creator of Theory U and author of the book “The Essentials of Theory U”. In 2015 he co-founded the MITx u.lab, a massive open online course for “leading profound change” in which more than 120,000 users from 185 countries have participated. Scharmer received the Jamieson Prize for Excellence in Teaching at MIT (2015), and the EU Leonardo Corporate Learning Award for the contributions of Theory U to the future of management (2016). In 2018, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General appointed him to the UN Learning Advisory Council for the 2030 Agenda. In 2019 he is ranked #3 of the world’s top 30 education professionals by globalgurus.org.