u-lab 2x 2024 | Presencing Institute (2024)

• Activate and deepen the impact of your prototype idea through a 3-month journey.
• Engagewith a global community of change-makers. social innovators, and systems thinkers.
• Receive facilitation support in the form of Live Sessions, AUAs, and online discussion boards.
• Use leading-edge methods and tools offered on the u-lab 2x online platform.
• Participate in an emerging global movement for regenerative solutions for business, society, and our planet.
• Attend cost-free: The program runs from February to May. It is a 3-month course completely free to attend.
• Learn from Senior Lecturers at MIT, Senior Faculty and expert Practitioners from the u-school for Transformation (by Presencing Institute) who are actively engaged societal transformation.
• Find your preferred language: although this program is primarily in English, the community has been kindly volunteering to translate the materials in more and more languages, helping remove language barriers.
• Focus on the specific challenges of our current moment. Collaborate with others to apply Theory U to the most pressing challenges of our time.
• Advance in your Certification: u-lab 2x is part of the Awareness Based Systems Change Certification Pathway offered by the u-school for Transformation.
  

Also, you may wish to upgrade to a Verified Certificate:

You can apply for the upgrade at any moment during the program. Upon verification, you will receive your digital certificate signed by the u-school Faculty (valid for Pathways).

u-lab 2x convenes both place-based teams and teams collaborating online from around the world that are working toward solutions in one of these areas. Following the 5-movements of Theory U, teams will be guided through applying the most up-to-date tools and methods of awareness-based systems change as they work directly on their project or initiative.

As a 3-month innovation journey, u-lab 2x will help your team:

• Understand the current situation and the deeper forces at play, that can either be obstacles or leverage points for change;
• Identify emerging future possibilities in your work,
• Prototype new ways of working together in rapid-changing and multi-stakeholder settings;
• Deepen the impact your project or initiative.
• Move from ideas into action.

Some things to consider as you prepare your application:

• Applications are for teams, not for individuals. Each team should have a smaller, core convening team of 2-4 people who initiate and take responsibility for leading a larger team through the u-lab 2x journey.
• Does tour convening team has a prototype idea or initiative that you are developing, or are looking to develop, related to at least one of the acupuncture points?
• We know that societal transformation begins with local action. You can then decide whether your team meets completely virtually, or a mix of online and offline, depending on what fits your specific context.
• Is your team in a position to influence some elements of the system you want to transform? Either as a grassroots activist, an institutional leader, or through some other mechanism of change (e.g., public opinion)?
• Core team members should have previous experience or familiarity with Theory U (u-lab, Presencing Foundation Program, or experience applying the U process) or related methods of awareness-based systems change (Art of Hosting, etc.).
• Your extended team should include an additional 5-15 people. You don’t need to have this team confirmed to apply, but should confirm their participation by end of January 2024.
• The whole team should be committed to the whole journey (February to May 2024).
• Teams should be committed to share and learn as part of the global community.

Start of applications: November 14th, 2023
Application Deadline:December 17th, 2023
First live session:February 8th, 2024

While the first live session is on February 8th, teams will be invited to begin moving through the opening modules of the journey by mid-January. Our final live session is on April 4th, and will send teams into the process of implementing their prototype - which may take them into May 2024.