Otto Scharmer Quotes & Sayings

We live in an era of organized irresponsibility. — Otto Scharmer

What happens at the beginning of any creative process? Nothing! Creativity requires that we create space and wait for something to emerge. — Otto Scharmer

Our society must move from ego-system to eco-system economics. This requires that we shift from ego-system silos to eco-system awareness that considers others and includes the whole. — Otto Scharmer

The business that leaders are in today, is the business of transforming awareness ... There is deep longing for more meaning, for connections. — Otto Scharmer

How to use and leverage the presence and power of certain places for accessing
the authentic dimension of self in individuals and in communities,
is one of the most interesting research questions for the years to come. — Otto Scharmer

I think it is now time for social scientists to step out of the shadow and to establish an advanced social sciences methodology that integrates science (third-person view) social transformation (second-person view) and the evolution of self (first-person view) into a coherent framework of consciousness-based action research — Otto Scharmer

The one thing that I have learned from all these projects is that the key to transformative change is to make the system see itself. That's why deep data matters. It matters to the future of our institutions, our societies, and our planet. — Otto Scharmer