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 …
A thanksgiving mindful of ALL children
Below you will find a remarkable Thanksgiving prayer-poem by child advocate Marian Wright Edelman. In its vision and compassion it reminds me of …
A Timely Poem: The Unholy Majority
I’ve recently been engaged in some new background research, writing, and conversations and have been absent from this public space for a …
A wisdom-generating deliberative democracy game app?
Most virtual forms of democracy that involve discussion, debate, networking and/or voting may facilitate individual voter expression and learning, but are not …
Early Reflections on Co-Intelligent Activism
The co-intelligence work emerged from my life-long activist concerns for the world. I’ve written a lot about co-intelligent activism and just recently …
Pros, cons and the liberation potential of random selection
Today elections are more manipulated spectacle than enforcing the real answerability of elected governments. Existing political systems make wise decision-making highly unlikely. …
How van Gogh melted my mind – or The Realities of Perception
In this essay I explore the relationship between perception and reality. Mostly, I share two of the more remarkable experiences in my …
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 …
Race, interconnectedness, and co-intelligence
Black lives matter. And we’re all connected. And we’re all co-creating what happens next. What would it be like to co-create cultures …