Otto Scharmer

In short — the key to the profound changes that our current polycrisis is calling for lies in the cultivation of the social soil. Every one of us can be (and is) a gardener or farmer of that soil.

There is no limit to what we can collectively create once we align our intention, attention, and agency on the scale of the whole.

Philanthropy 4.0 is an emerging form of philanthropic activity that focuses on transformative systems change. 4.0 philanthropy aims to address the root causes of a challenge by taking a whole-system perspective.

I feel that these are the years that I — and perhaps we — have been born for. These are the moments where we need to show up. Yes, it’s not easy, and that’s exactly why we chose to be here — to be here together.

That’s how real change happens: in many incremental steps taken by individuals and small groups. If taken together from a shared awareness, ideas and actions will coalesce and align with the future that wants to emerge.

It’s these fields of deepened connection — of radical shared presence — that can support the healing and can function as the soil and seed for a new civilization to emerge.