[内容简介]  我们生活在一个体制化失败的时代，需要崭新的意识和集体领导能力。在《U型理论》这本开创性的著作中，奥托•夏莫邀请我们一起以全新的视角审视世界，探索一种革命性的领导方式。  关注的对象和关注的方式是创新的关键所在，而阻碍人们有效关注的原因，是我们没有完全理解关注和意图产生的内在场域，并与之建立联结。这就是夏莫在《U型理论》一书中所说的“盲点”。穿过夏莫的U型过程，我们有意识地接近“盲点”，并学会了与“真实的大我”——知识与灵感最深层的源泉——建立联结。这就是“自然流现”(presencing)，是夏莫结合了“当下”(presence)和“感知”(sensing)两个概念创造的一个术语。  在对150多名实践者和思想领袖长达10年的研究、行动学习和访谈的基础上，《U型理论》提供了丰富多彩、引人入胜的故事和例证，收录了许多练习和实践，帮助领导者以及整个组织转变意识，与未来最佳可能性建立联结，并获得创造未来的能力。 [编辑推荐]  奥托•夏莫是“U型理论”的第一位理论家，也是《第五项修炼•心灵篇》一书的合著者。  奥托是探索变革深层动力的组织学习大师，麻省理工学院斯隆管理学院资深讲师，组织学习协会创始人，Presencing Institute创始人、赫尔辛基经济学院创新与知识研究中心客座教授，曾为戴姆勒、普华永道、富士通等知名企业进行领导力项目培训。  《U型理论》一书教你如何发现人们的内在“三器”：打开思维、打开心灵、打开意志。并教你如何应对内心的三种阻力：评判之声、嘲讽之声、恐惧之声。  U型理论是《第五项修炼•心灵篇》的理论内核。“学习型组织理论之父”彼得•圣吉，中央党校《学习时报》副总编辑、教授、博导钟国兴老师倾情推荐。  湛庐文化出品。

Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? The primary obstacle is a conflict that’s built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller Made to Stick . Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems—the rational mind and the emotional mind—that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie. The rational mind wants to change something at work; the emotional mind loves the comfort of the existing routine. This tension can doom a change effort—but if it is overcome, change can come quickly. In Switch, the Heaths show how everyday people—employees and managers, parents and nurses—have united both minds and, as a result, achieved dramatic results: ● The lowly medical interns who managed to defeat an entrenched, decades-old medical practice that was endangering patients. ● The home-organizing guru who developed a simple technique for overcoming the dread of housekeeping. ● The manager who transformed a lackadaisical customer-support team into service zealots by removing a standard tool of customer service In a compelling, story-driven narrative, the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change. Switch shows that successful changes follow a pattern, a pattern you can use to make the changes that matter to you, whether your interest is in changing the world or changing your waistline.