Otto Scharmer
Senior Lecturer at MIT
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Claus Otto Scharmer is a Senior Lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Thousand Talents Program Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and co-founder of the Presencing Institute. He chairs the MIT IDEAS program for cross-sector innovation that aims to help "stakeholders from business, government, civil society to innovate at the level of the whole system". Scharmer is author of the change management method and book Theory U, and he is co-author of the book Leading from the Emerging Future that outlines "eight acupuncture points for transforming capitalism". In 2015 he co-founded the MITx u.lab, a massive open online course for "leading profound change" in which more than 45,000 users from 185 countries have participated. With his colleagues he has delivered leadership development programs for corporate clients and co-facilitated innovation labs on reinventing education, health, business, government, and well-being. Scharmer received the Jamieson Prize for Excellence in Teaching at MIT (2015), and the EU Leonardo Corporate Learning Award for the contributions of Theory U to the future of management. In 2017 he was ranked first of the world's top 30 education professionals by globalgurus.org
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On the Making of Trump – The Blind Spot That Created Him
Otto Scharmer analyses the factors underlying Trump's victory
According to Scharmer, three main divides within the United States contributed to the success of Donald Trump, which took many by surprise.
The EU Must Focus on the Root Causes of Migration
Following the latest tragedy involving migrants, 28 members and leaders of the EU have initiated plans for a military operation to combat criminal gangs who smuggle refugees in thousands per ship. The details of the initiative still need to be clarified, and the body of water where the operation will cover needs to be decided. This will require Libya’s permission to destroy the smugglers’ boats in its territorial waters. The EU needs to obtain a mandate in order to operate under Chapter 7 of the United Nations (UN) charter.
Social Cohesion is eroding when there is no Trust between the People and the State
Expert interview of Elina Makri on the topic of Social Cohesion in Greece
The government has to stop taxing people and is in need of a long term plan, liberating entrepreneurs and also modernizing the public sector through technology and more qualified personnel. Social cohesion is eroding when there is no trust between the people and the state, but instead exertion and pressure.