A short ask for support
Dear friends, The unique gift of our work at the Co-Intelligence Institute is clarifying the nature of collective folly and collective wisdom, …
A new wise democracy pattern language + March event
In this post I announce and describe a new expanded (96 pattern) version of the wise democracy pattern language (WDPL) and the …
Exciting Year for CII and Democracy – and More to Come
Dear Readers, 2018 has been a landmark year for the Co-Intelligence Institute (CII) and me. Over the last two years we’ve been …
In a wise democracy, who are “stakeholders” and what is their role?
Stakeholders are citizens involved with a specific issue or domain, whose activities actually constitute that issue or domain. Thus the stakeholders of …
Deep Democracy and Community Wisdom
A community has more potential capacity to generate wisdom than any individual. But that potential can only be realized to the extent …
A reflective note for this Friday and next Tuesday
Who are we in this strange time? What are we doing here? The news is incessant. In the face of so much …
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 3)
This is the third of three posts in which I share some insightful guidelines for expanding individual and group consciousness by highlighting …
Dialogue Guidelines to Deepen Awareness (Part 2)
This is the second of three posts in which I share some insightful guidelines for expanding individual and group consciousness by highlighting …
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 …