Large-scale collective sense-making processes (Sense-making – Part 5)
I’ve long advocated the use of multiple processes in public and stakeholder engagements so that synergies among them can be tapped. Recently …
Making Democracies Worthy of the Name… and More
Democracy is rule of, by and for the people. There are many ways to try doing that. This message looks at a …
The butterfly of citizen deliberative democracy is emerging around the world…
Powerful elite think tanks and mainstream media are beginning to favorably notice citizen deliberative initiatives that continue to rapidly emerge and evolve …
Introduction to Participatory Sustainability – Part 2
In this post and the previous one , I share the first chapter of my short book PARTICIPATORY SUSTAINABILITY. The book contains …
Can a small citizen deliberation have more impact than a giant one?
Among the many trends I see in my work on democratic innovation I highlight two here, one in Canada, one in the …
How to be collectively wise
Collective wisdom – and collective folly – are not esoteric abstractions. Collective wisdom is simply our ability to take into account what …
Wise Democracy Card Decks are now available
Printed card decks for our Wise Democracy Pattern Language (version 2.0) are now available for purchase in boxed sets with 96 pattern …
The Unholy Majority – a still-timely poem
Recently I received a request to reprint a poem I wrote 17 years ago. As I read it today, I am struck …
Report from 2047: Life in a wise democracy
What would life in the public realm be like in a wise democracy? Let’s indulge our imaginations for a moment…. I asked …
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 …