Social Presencing Theater: The Art of Making a True Move

It tempers a tendency to think that it is our job to fix, change, or save everyone around us.

The practices invite a connection or integration of the three bodies—the individual body, the Earth body, and the social body.

Otto follows up on that idea with two of his own reflections: “You cannot change a system unless you change consciousness,” and “You cannot change consciousness unless the system can see and sense itself.”

Together, with those near us and those around the planet, we co-create the societies in which we live.

the Earth is a stakeholder in every map. The well-being of planet Earth is considered in every choice we make.

In Social Presencing Theater we begin by acknowledging that wisdom lives in all systems, individual and collective, and that change is a naturally unfolding process.

Basic goodness is our innate nature

in a very short period of time, it shifts the conversation from debate to dialogue, it shifts the level of listening from shallow to deep, and it creates a new language that allows stakeholders to shift their quality of interaction from a silo to a systems view.

The 4-D Map is a microcosm of the actual system as the participants experience it, not based solely on facts and figures. The visible structure is a physical embodiment of that system.

This open awareness enables us to notice the diversity of members of the social field and to make choices that are respectful of everyone.