Otto Scharmer

Presencing is the ability to act in such a way that the actions we perform originate in the coming-into-presence of the future. When acting on this level, we let go of our �small selves� and turn into vehicles for the coming-into-being of a deep evolutionary stream. How do we do this? By carrying out a certain inner work, an inner work that is related to a threefold reversal process: turning one�s thinking away from judging to exploring; the reversal of feeling away from emotional reaction to appreciation and seeing with the heart; and a reshaping of the will away from hard ego intentionality to a softer, more future-receptive will that the philosopher Martin Buber refers to as �Grand Will.� The opening to future possibilities requires such reversals, that is, an inversion [Umst�lpung] of the mentalemotional- intentional field structure. Is such a future open? Yes, every future is fundamentally open�the future is potentiality. Closure comes into play with the past, and then when this past, which continues on, juts into the present.