The butterfly of citizen deliberative democracy is emerging around the world…
Powerful elite think tanks and mainstream media are beginning to favorably notice citizen deliberative initiatives that continue to rapidly emerge and evolve …
“Participatory Knowing” and “Co-Sensing”
We know things with each other and the world – always. We can know more about what’s going on by consciously, intentionally …
Wise Democracy: A Poem and Two Interviews
In addition to a timely political poem, I want to share two interviews I had recently which overlap a lot but each …
Dialogue Guidelines to Deepen Awareness (Part 1)
This is the first of three posts in which I share some remarkable guidelines for expanding individual and group consciousness through particular …
Wise democracy’s most fundamental principle
I devised the idea of wise democracy to help us “evoke and engage the wisdom and resourcefulness of the whole on behalf …
Participatory Sustainability – a new book by Tom Atlee
I just published Participatory Sustainability and in this post you will find a description, some excerpts, the table of contents, and a link where …
My vision of a 3D wise democracy – in 3 diagrams
We can work towards a vision of a “wise” democracy just as we can work towards a vision of a “just” society. …
Co-intelligent leadership enables wise power-with (and we celebrate our Friends of the CII Circle)
Leadership is way, way more than individual leaders. Understanding the dynamics and possibilities present in this larger vision of leadership is an invaluable …
Listening for Change: A remarkable essay by a remarkable colleague
Good facilitation can help us hear each other in ways that free up our collective energy for change. Here is a provocative …
Empowering the vision and mission of co-intelligence
CII VISION We envision a world where groups, communities and societies are actively increasing their competence at wisely co-creating their collective affairs …