Presence

Peter Sengeis a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the founding chair of SoL, a renowned pioneer, theorist, and writer in the field of management innovation, and the author of the widely acclaimed book,The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization(Doubleday/Currency, 1990).C. Otto Scharmeris a lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Visiting Professor at the Helsinki School of Economics, and international action researcher, and author of the forthcoming bookTheory U: Leading from the Emerging Future.Joseph Jaworskiis the chairman of Generon Consulting, cofounder of the Global Leadership Initiative, and author of the critically acclaimedSynchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership(Berrett-Koehler, 1996). Prior to her current role as director of the Johnson Presidential Library and Museum,Betty Sue Flowerswas a professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and an international business consultant. SoL (The Society for Organizational Learning, Inc.), an outgrowth of the former MIT Center for Organizational Learning, is a nonprofit international membership organization that connects researchers, organizations, and consultants in over thirty countries in building knowledge for systemic change. A portion of the net proceeds from SoL publishing sales are reinvested in basic research, applied learning projects, and building a global network of learning communities.Scharmer, C. Otto is the author of 'Presence' with ISBN 9780385516303 and ISBN 0385516304.