Future Learning Design Podcast

An Education for Transforming Self, Society and Business? A Conversation with Otto Scharmer

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Mar 23, 2025
Otto Scharmer, a Senior Lecturer at MIT and Founding Chair of the Presencing Institute, shares profound insights on education's role in societal transformation. He discusses overcoming the 'illusion of insignificance,' empowering individuals to drive collective change against climate and inequality. Scharmer emphasizes the need for deep relational ties in social movements and critiques traditional educational frameworks. He champions embodied learning, suggesting that a supportive 'social soil' fosters creativity and engagement crucial for the leaders of tomorrow.
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INSIGHT

Illusion Of Insignificance Blocks Action

  • The "illusion of insignificance" stops people from acting because they believe their small efforts don't matter.
  • Historic change happens through many small people doing small things, not a few big actors.
INSIGHT

Regenerate The Social Soil

  • Movement-building depends on regenerative social soil: quality relationships and holding spaces.
  • Today's attention economy erodes those roots by diverting attention away from shared purpose.
ADVICE

Realign Attention, Intention And Agency

  • Realign attention, intention, and agency to generate movement and learning.
  • Regenerate holding spaces and relationship quality to resist attention-diverting industries.
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