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Cultivating the Social Soil- A Discussion for Change Makers / CCA USA Membership Meeting

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Cultivating the Social Soil- A Discussion for Change Makers / CCA USA Membership Meeting

Cultivating the Social Soil- A Discussion for Change Makers / CCA USA Membership Meeting

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Cultivating the Social Soil- A Discussion for Change Makers

How do we cultivate the conditions that allow meaningful change to emerge in times of profound uncertainty and turbulence?

The Climate Coaching Alliance USA invites you to a conversation inspired by the recent work of Otto Scharmer, exploring ideas from his latest book and his recent conversations with the Mind & Life Institute and the Commonwealth Club World Affairs. Together, we will explore questions such as:

  • What brings us to systems change work, and why does it matter to us?
  • What resonated most strongly for us in Otto’s recent thinking?
  • What does it mean to cultivate the “social soil” in which new possibilities for change can take root?
  • How might the seven social soil practices help us in our work as coaches, facilitators, and change makers?
  • What are “islands of coherence,” and how might they help us navigate turbulent systems and create conditions for transformation?
  • How might these ideas connect with what we are already practicing in our own work and communities?

This will be a participatory conversation, with opportunities for personal reflection, small-group sharing, and collective exploration. We will draw on our own experiences as much as on Otto’s ideas, asking what these concepts might mean in practice for those of us working toward systemic and societal change.

Preparation
To make the most of our time together, we ask participants to engage with at least one of the following before the session:
1. Read Otto Scharmer’s latest book, Presencing- 7 PRACTICES FOR TRANSFORMING SELF, SOCIETY, AND BUSINESS; or
2. Listen to Otto Scharmer’s conversation with the Mind & Life Institute from 2025; or
3. Listen to his conversation with the Commonwealth Club World Affairs from April 27, 2026.

You do not need to be an expert in Theory U or Otto Scharmer’s work.
Come with your curiosity, your experience, and your questions.

Date: August 18, 2026
Time: 12pm PDT
Location: by Zoom
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zAnKxTsNQLW8XRvzwTf1yQ

If you are a new CCA-USA member, feel free to join 15 minutes before the official start for a quick but warm welcome.

We look forward to exploring together how we might cultivate the social soil for the changes our world needs.

“When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order.” ~Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Prize-winning chemist

Additional Details

Event Timezone Reference - Los Angeles, United States

Is This Event Being Recorded? - No

Posted By - Anne-Marie Brest

Email - annemarie@designingyourlife.coach

 

Date And Time

Aug 18, 2026 @ 12:00 PM (PDT) to
Aug 18, 2026 @ 01:00 PM (PDT)
 

Location

Online event
 

Event Types

Meeting or Networking Event
 

Event Category

Eco-Phase: ActiveEco-Phase: AwareEco-Phase: CuriousEco-Phase: EngagedEco-Phase: Informed

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