A Space for Relationships and Projects: The DACH Hub

German-speaking Region


By Antares Reisky

Hub Name: u-lab DACH Hub
Hub Hosts: Antares Reisky | Julia Meuser | Nanne Lotzkat and other contributors who have volunteered since 2015 (theory-u.de/u-lab-hub-hamburg-2019).
Participants: In 2026: 40+ participants; Previous years: between 10 and 100+
Year of Creation: 2015 (u-lab Hub Hamburg) and 2019 (u-lab DACH Hub)
Intention: "We hold a space where people in the German-speaking region learn together how to lead in uncertain times."

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As with many initiatives and processes in Theory U, the u-lab DACH Hub has evolved from previous experiences. It grew out of the u-lab hubs in German in Hamburg, Nuremberg and Munich, which no longer exist. The Hamburg Hub was created in 2015; while the DACH Hub emerged in 2019. Both had been holding spaces for participants in u-lab, the former u-lab 2x experience, and the Presencing Series. 

Today, the u-lab DACH Hub has grown as a space for the German-speaking region, particularly for people who want development, for themselves, their surroundings, their organization or globally, and who want to shape it with head, heart and hand. Over the years, more than 3,000 people have taken part so far, and a large network has grown from it.

We accompany the Presencing Institute’s u-lab course “Leading from the Emerging Future”. By this we mean that we make the methods of a u-process tangible and teach how to design a u-process. 

With time, more has grown out of the course than the curriculum foresees: a prototype coworking space for makers and ecosystem activators (now closed), the company CoCreatingFuture, and a German-language annual course, “Systemic Organizational Development with Theory U”. There is also a coaching circle that formed in 2017 at the hub hosts’ meeting in Edinburgh and has met monthly ever since. In 2025 we met in person again in Falkland Palace, Scotland. So, the hub moved from being a place to discuss course material to a space where relationships and projects grow.

Leading in Uncertain Times 


We have no fixed hub topic. We hold a space where people learn together how to lead in uncertain times. The reality shaping us is a world in which uncertainty, disruption and complexity are increasing rather than easing, and the path to a regenerative future remains unclear. 

So, we ask: How do we learn to lead in these times? Which skills, capacities and resources support us? Where are the people, groups and organizations we can connect with? As a team, we are currently exploring where the blind spots of Theory U lie. With a selected group from the community, we are continuing that exploration and developing approaches and methods to perceive these blind spots and work with them.

The Presencing Institute, a global non-profit, equips change-makers with innovative tools and methods for leading from the future as it emerges. Using our Theory U approach, we combine science, collective action, and creativity to drive systemic change, with hubs across Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Americas. 

 
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