Otto Scharmer is Senior lecturer in the area of Organization Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is also the founder and director of the Presencing Institute and developer of the Theory U and the 4 levels of listening theory. Image via toolsheros.com

I was first introduced to Otto Scharmer's Theory U by my friends, colleagues and clients at Reos Partners. It was mind and heart opening to see a clear process for allowing new possibilities and futures to surface that were previously unimagined.

This week my friend Nedra Chandler pointed me to this interview that Scharmer did with Tami Simon on her Insights at the Edge podcast. The whole thing is worth listening to, and/or reading, but one thing stood out for me: he points to a recent UN report, the biggest ever standalone public opinion survey on climate change ever conducted. He cites an astonishing number, 69.

""69% of humanity today...is willing to sacrifice part of their income to address global challenges like climate change. 69%. But many of these people believe, wrongly believe, that they’re in the minority in their own communities, in their own countries. 

""69%, that’s more than five billions of us. That is the biggest movement this world, this planet, has ever seen, that is not even aware of itself because it cannot see itself, because most people in this movement believe they’re in a minority.""

He observes that hyper-polarization, a belief that others don't care about the future, is fed by a trillion-dollar social media industry. He posits that ""how to turn these 69% into a multi-local, and multi-regional, and cross-sectoral movement, that is working towards actively bridging the ecological, the social, and the spiritual divide is one of the most timely, interesting, and also challenging opportunities of our time.""

Podcast: What Future Is Wanting To Emerge Through You?

Transcription: What Future Is Wanting To Emerge Through You?