Democracy, Peace and the Iroquois
An invitation to speak has brought me back to some roots of my work I haven’t revisited in some time – the …
Invitation to a national public issue dialogue initiative
The National Dialogue Network (NDN) is an ambitious project inspired by a contest held by the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation …
State Banks: Stop paying our taxes to Wall Street!
Below is an excellent summary of a very high leverage economic system change opportunity – state banks. A single example already exists …
Inequality like you wouldn’t believe! (and more…)
We constantly hear that there is not enough money for all sorts of government and nonprofit programs and projects that would make …
fundraiser results + two amazing videos
Thanks so much to the 73 people who responded to our last fundraiser, contributing $5284 to support our work for the first half of 2013. That heartful support from those remarkable folks amounted to 26% of the $20,000 we need to cover our basic bu…
The wisdom of the fringes?
In the end, I believe that those who call forth the most collective intelligence and wisdom will be those who can manifest – and help others manifest – two vital capacities: 1. the ability to include more of what is normally overlooked and exclude…
Participatory wisdom and sustainability
I am working with a team exploring the emerging field of participatory sustainability. From this new perspective, sustainability cannot be achieved without increasing the level of co-intelligent participation in all aspects of our public life – es…
A society governed by the people’s wisdom…
Last weekend I joined a small group exploring the idea that society could have the capacity to generate “public wisdom” and that we could empower that wisdom to support wiser public policy and popular behavior. Because many people don’t know what …
Feedback dynamics in climate and society
In the debate over climate change, I find myself paying more attention to authorities who highlight important positive feedback loops through which a warming atmosphere triggers increased climate change. Their troubling scenarios come not from inn…
An unsung treasure for facilitators and civilizations
Back in the mid-90’s I discovered Jim Rough’s Wisdom Council formathttp://www.co-intelligence.org/P-wisdomcouncil.html and began promoting it through my network as a way to increase the co-intelligence of a community. I loved the design of it – ev…