Critical Acclaim for "Presence""A remarkable book, "Presence "is a journey from the present to an unknown future, a journey of exploration rather than dogma, and a journey toward a vision of humanity at its highest. Like a good documentary film, "Presence" is a book with 'emotional truth, ' a wonderful combination of intellectual and visceral experience."--Robert Fritz, author of "The Path of Least Resistance" "At this turbulent juncture in human history, a whole new set of social innovations promises to shift humanity away from its destructive path towards a brighter planetary civilization. Presencing and its U process is one of the most profound. It provides all who want to change the world not only with profound hope, but with a systematic and effective way to birth a sustainable planetary society."--Nicanor Perlas, recipient of the 2003 Alternative Nobel Prize and the U.N. Environmental Program Global 500 Award "If you believe, as I do, that an organization is ultimately a human community, then nothing is more important than how we sense our future and act to create it together. This is something all creative business leaders know yet have found almost impossible to talk about--until "Presence.""--Rich Teerlink, CEO (retired), Harley-Davidson ""Presence"is a timely and altogether important book. Drawing on a leading-edge understanding of human learning and awareness, it offers a simple but effective getaway to our capacity to become change agents of the future--in business, work, play, and relationships. Finding our presence is finding the key to creative change and to our own future."--Ken Wilber, author of "A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science, and Spirituality" ""Presence "is remarkable in at least three ways. First, the authors' work has extraordinary emotional, as well as intellectual impact; it continued to affect me long after my initial reading. Second, I found that

Peter Senge is a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the founding chair of SoL, a renowned pioneer, theorist, and writer in the field of management innovation, and the author of the widely acclaimed book, "The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization" (Doubleday/Currency, 1990). C. Otto Scharmer is a lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Visiting Professor at the Helsinki School of Economics, and international action researcher, and author of the forthcoming book "Theory U: Leading from the Emerging Future." Joseph Jaworski is the chairman of Generon Consulting, cofounder of the Global Leadership Initiative, and author of the critically acclaimed "Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership" (Berrett-Koehler, 1996). Prior to her current role as director of the Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Betty Sue Flowers was a professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and an international business consultant. SoL (The Society for Organizational Learning, Inc.), an outgrowth of the former MIT Center for Organizational Learning, is a nonprofit international membership organization that connects researchers, organizations, and consultants in over thirty countries in building knowledge for systemic change. A portion of the net proceeds from SoL publishing sales are reinvested in basic research, applied learning projects, and building a global network of learning communities.