Using conversations strategically for transformation
The social and global challenges we face arise from the ways our cultures and systems make us think (and behave) as if …
My broadest exploration of polarization
A very broad exploration of polarization I wrote last year has been published by Integral Leadership Review. Given its length, I provide …
January opportunity #1: Can Conversations on Crises Change Civilization?
Powerful conversations have a track record of impacting individuals and systems in significant ways. Thus, for many of us who practice and …
Co-intelligently catalyzing transformational energies from Ferguson and beyond
The widespread engagement with the Ferguson crisis raises the possibility that the energies involved in such issues can be tapped for positive …
Factors that support collective intelligence and wisdom
Many factors play a role in how collectively intelligent or wise a group, system, or situation is. Here I offer tentative lists …
A call for wiser research on collective wisdom
Research has just shown that “The Wisdom of Crowds” phenomena can be biased – a bias that can be avoided by focusing …
Exploring the Dynamics of Polarization
Polarization is collectively and individually toxic to our capacity to “do democracy” sanely and wisely. This post details the toxic dynamics of …
Any city could emulate Sweden’s transpartisan festival…
In Sweden there’s a week-long annual political festival called Almadalen Week involving vibrant, respectful conversations of a kind that some Americans are …
Evolving Empathy, personal and systemic
Empathy starts out as a personal feeling of resonance with another’s pain or joy. It moves on to become the practice of …
Comparing “the wisdom of crowds” to real collective wisdom
The popular book “The Wisdom of Crowds” says a lot about the remarkable accuracy of thousands of people making guesses about something …