Helping Co-Intelligence Work for the World
Helping Co-Intelligence Work for the World We are workingto empowerinspireconnectagents of changeon behalf of life(both human lifeand more-than-human life)in our current andfuture …
What is the practice of co-intelligence? Part 6 – The inclusiveness challenge
This is the last of six posts seeking to describe what it means to practice co-intelligence. The full series is here: 1) …
The prospect of wise public policy (AI – A Partner in Wise Democracy? #7)
I had a conversation with Claude, one of my AI colleagues, which I share here. Starting with a prompt about wise public …
How I stumbled into the visionary beauty of citizen consensus councils
I’ve stumbled on a 23-year-old video where I tell the story of how a vision I loved – about what citizen consensus …
Realism and Possibility
Realism can mean working within existing constraints – or successfully addressing the real issues we face. Unfortunately, trying to be realistic in …
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 …
Active Appreciation: A strategy for evolutionary change agents
Appreciation is usually thought of in relatively passive, personal terms, as in “art appreciation”. But I’m beginning to think of it in …
Pandemic Poetry
It seems that this pandemic has inspired some remarkable poetry. These seven poems have crossed my desk in the last two weeks. …
A wide-ranging interview with me, for your enjoyment
A couple of months ago I was in San Francisco and did a podcast conversation with Duncan Autrey, a fascinating conflict transformation …
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 …