Talk:Theory U

Jaworski[edit]

Much of this entry is heavily weighted towards Otto Scharmer's Theory U, and insufficient space is devoted to The U-Process for Heuristic Discovery, developed by Scharmer's former collaborator, Joseph Jaworski. I have removed two dead links from the foot of the article and added a link to the website of Jaworski's consulting firm, Generon International, in which The U-Process for Heuristic Discovery is outlined. I would like to see a more balanced Wikipedia entry that gives more emphasis to Jaworski's approach, and that includes Generon's / Jaworski's statement about the origins of The U-Process for Heuristic Discovery (see http://www.generoninternational.com/innovation/our-approach), which makes no mention of Otto Scharmer, Friedrich Glasl or Dirk Lemson. Written by Jack Martin Leith, http://www.jackmartinleith.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.238.193.89 (talk) 10:13, 27 September 2010

Hi Jack. Jaworski and Scharmer coauthored with two others the book 'Presence'. In that book Scharmer's theory is mentioned as u-theory and at time of publication of Presence the book Theory U by Scharmer was forthcoming and is mentioned in the book Presence. Ad Huikeshoven (talk) 21:03, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

U-theory is the subject of chapter 6 of the book Presence. Endnote 7 of that chapter cites the origins of the theory in which the works of Glasl The Enterprise of the Future and Confronting Conflict is explicitly cited. The note mentions three methodologies on which it is bases, fenomenology, medidative practices, and prototyping. The u-theory is inspired by, according to the note, on the work of Rudolf Steiner. Ad Huikeshoven (talk) 18:38, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Conceptual diagram[edit]

I created the diagram for Theory U. It is available here. But I don't know much about this theory. Please check the concept first before you guys use this file. Thanks - 210.139.234.170 (talk) 20:14, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Categories[edit]

Boleyn tagged this article as needing more categories. I've added it to Category:Stage theories since Theory U contains stages that are like developmental stages. I also think that Theory U is structurally similar to Joseph Campbell's monomyth, but it is probably not enough of a myth to belong in Category:Monomyths. -- Porelbiencomun (talk) 19:10, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Split article[edit]

The common denominator of U-procedure and Theory U is their U shape. In my opinion U-procedure as developed by Glasl and Theory U by Scharmer merit their own Wikipedia article. Of course both articles could reference each other. The current article is about Concepts presented in an U-shape, and if this article has to be retained I would propose renaming it, to co-exist alongside separate articles for U-procedure and Theory U. Ad Huikeshoven (talk) 20:59, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: Based on a cursory review of sources, the U-procedure by Glasl et al. does not appear to be notable enough for its own article, so the article should not be split. However, the present article could perhaps be renamed/moved to Theory U, with a subsection about the relation of the two frameworks. Biogeographist (talk) 03:11, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I like the alternative Biogeographist. The article Theory U currently redirects here, so some help is needed to move/rename the current article to Theory U. Ad Huikeshoven (talk) 19:41, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Ad Huikeshoven: See requested moves for instructions on how to request help for the move. There are two types of requests: technical requests and potentially controversial moves. I have used both on various articles in the past. I have no objection to the move, but I imagine that someone could reasonably disagree with the move, so it may be best to use the procedure for potentially controversial moves (even though there is unlikely to be controversy). Biogeographist (talk) 01:26, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 24 February 2017[edit]

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The result of the move request was: page moved per lack of opposition. (non-admin closure) TonyBallioni (talk) 00:37, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

U-procedure and theory U → Theory U – Theory U by Otto Scharmer is notable, or more notable than the U procedure by Friedrich Glasl. Theory U is published in a separate book published in multiple languages, the U-procedure has been published by Glasl only as an internal paper of NPI, or as a part of a chapter in a book. Ad Huikeshoven (talk) 23:22, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support per rationale given above. Biogeographist (talk) 01:53, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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