As we see pictures of German citizens cheering tens of thousands refugees arriving from Syria and other war zones, we may be witnessing an emerging pattern of the years to come: bureaucracy is failing (EU), systems collapsing (millions of Asylum seeking refugees in urgent need of helping hands) – AND: citizens rising to the occasion!

The logic of collective action is suddenly shifting from the head to the heart. Or, put differently: from applying yesterday’s rules onto the current situation, to co-sensing from the current situation what response is needed from us, right now.

Otto Scharmer – author of the Theory U speaks about a system dying and something new that wants to be born. He sees a change in how we have to walk from an ego-system to an eco-system and developed the Theory U as a bridge between these two states. In collaboration with his colleagues he introduced the conept of PRESENCING – learning from the emerging future. He is a senior lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management.

Read his full article at Huffington Post.