Offerings for a New Paradigm Politics
We are near the end of our summer fundraiser. Folks have donated $3274 toward our $15,000 target. Please join them in supporting …
Six Sources of Governance
Governance actually involves more than governMENT. Here we explore six approaches to getting things done together as whole communities and societies: Shared …
Sprouting self-organized collaborative governance
People without special authority but with real interest in their community and larger social issues are working together to do what’s needed …
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 …
Expanding Guidelines for Group Wisdom
Collective wisdom is vaster and more benign than collective intelligence, but can sometimes be even easier to achieve in small groups. Alan …
The taproot of wise democracy
“Co-intelligence is the capacity to call forth the wisdom and resources of the whole and its members to enhance the longterm vitality …
Crucial Adventures in Systems Thinking
Systems are everywhere. They shape us and we can, do, and should shape them. Our destiny is tied up with them but …
Transforming Occupy’s challenge into transformation and innovative self-organization
Two weeks ago I had an intense conversation with a colleague working with a local Occupy community. A small faction had recently done a protest that – although physically nonviolent – was not verbally, spiritually, or strategically nonviolent. The…
#OWS => New forms of Nonviolence and Leadership emerging??
Something remarkable has been going on out there – especially at UC Davis. I have a hard time figuring out how to articulate it. I haven’t yet seen anyone talk about quite what I’m seeing, so I’ll give it a try. Here’s what it looks like to me: No…
Are We the Ones?
It is a new year, a new chance to reflect on our role in the world and how what’s going on in the world shapes our lives. I’ve been thinking about the popular saying — “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” We heard it a lot during the Obama c…