A
Abbey, Edward, 215
Abdullah, Sharif, 219, 273-274
abortion, 222-223
activism. See also citizenship
adversarial
advocacy stance, 256, 260
generated by culture, 116, 262
interconnectedness and, ii
people leaving/avoiding, vii, 18-19,
47-49
co-intelligent
overview, 45
social issues and, 19-21, 255-259, 262-265
social process (capacity-building), 22-24,
46-47, 49-52, 250, 262-267
sources of power, 249-254
Taoist, 271-272
definition of, 43-44
types of, 45-48, 254-259
agreement, 56, 86, 235. See also consensus
alternative dispute resolution (ADR), 200
AmericaSpeaks, 158n, 208-209
Anderson, Sherry Ruth, 48
Andhra Pradesh Coalition in Defence of Diversity, 146
answerability, 13-14, 19
appreciative inquiry (AI), 85
Aquarian Conspiracy, The (Ferguson), 274
art, 92-94
Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), 58
Australia, 149-154
authority, 98, 192, 236
Avritzer, Leonardo, 211
Awakening Technology, 228
B
Bache, Christopher, 273
Bagby, Rachel, 274
Baiocchi, Gianpaolo, 211
balance, 7, 24, 86, 170-171, 195
Baldwin, Christina, 67
ballot initiatives, 177
Barber, Benjamin, 273
bells, 68, 82-83
Berry, Thomas, 124
Beyond the Limits to Growth (Meadows), 17
Bhutan, 91
bias. See fairness and bias
Big Mind Media, 227
big picture, xii, 76-78
accessibility of, 124
art and, 93-94
consensus process and, 239-245
full-spectrum information, 95-96
of needed transformation, 229
wisdom and, 7
Bioneers, 229
Birth of the Chaordic Age (Hock), 56
blame, beyond, 32, 248
Bohm, David, 64, 239
Boston, MA, 128-129
Brazil, 12-14, 210-211
breakthroughs
to conscious cultural evolution, ix
dangerous, 191
in dialogue processes, 66, 74, 78, 138-140
holistic democracy, 106-107, 173, 193-194, 244-245
Bridge, Michael, 69, 71, 229
Bronte Catchment Project, 149
Brown, Juanita, 82-84
Buddhism, 92, 253, 274
Building Communities from the Inside Out (Kretzmann and
McKnight), 58
Bush, Robert A. Baruch, 86
By Life's Grace (Peavey), 74
By Popular Demand (Gastil), 177
C
Café Collaborative, 7
café conversations, 82-84, 219
Calling the Circle (Baldwin), 67
Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators (Henderson
et al.), 92
Canadian Centre for Analysis of Regionalization and Health, 274
Canadian experiment, 59-60, 130-143
capacities, human, xii, 5, 254, 264, 270
capacity-building, in communities, 22-24, 52, 262-267
catastrophes. See problems, social and environmental
Centered on the Edge: Mapping a Field of Collective Intelligence
and Spiritual Wisdom (Potter et al.), 273
Center for Conscious Evolution, 228
Center for Group Learning, 274
Center for Wise Democratic Practices, 174
Centre of Bhutan Studies, 92
Cerezke-Schooler, Viola, 135
change, 10, 188, 255, 260-261
Chaordic Commons, 57
chaordic organization, 56
chaos, 56, 124, 247. See also order
Chattanooga Venture, 57-58
chimes and bells, 68, 82-83
chimpanzees, 15
choice-creating process. See Dynamic Facilitation
circles, in nature, 25. See also listening circles
citizen deliberative councils
briefing materials, 128, 158, 160, 169
citizen consensus councils, 127, 169
comparison with other forms of deliberation, 171-172,
196, 200, 203-207
deliberative councils convening other deliberative
councils, 206
democracy, functions in, 176-178
democratic legitimacy of, 150, 185, 195, 205-206
description of, 167, 171
discovery of, 155n
examples of (see Australia; Canadian experiment;
consensus conferences; Germany; India)
experts and stakeholders in (see experts)
facilitation in, 128, 159, 170 (see also facilitation)
fairness and bias in, 147, 157
follow-up, 153, 160
as a form of holistic politics, 127-129
impact of, xvi, 148, 173
institutionalization of, 205
issues addressed, 60, 128, 154-156, 160
media and publicity, 62, 128, 179-180
models of (see citizens' juries; consensus conferences;
planning cells; Wisdom Councils; Canadian experiment, citizen
panels)
movement, popular demand for, xiv-xvi, 196, 266-267
organizing of, 157-160
panelists
conflicts among, 130-143, 162-163
developed expertise of, 128-129, 151,
185
experience of participation, 132-142,
153, 160-164
selection of diverse, 128, 130-131, 149-150,
157-158
stratified sample, 205
status issues of, 171-172, 237
public involvement with, 176-180, 196, 231
rationale for, 169-170, 186-196
recommendations and final reports, 148-149, 151-155,
159, 163-164, 171
regularity of, 120-128, 143, 231, 265
research needed for, 205, 207, 266
steering committee oversight, 147, 157-158
visionary vs. issue-oriented, 168-169
wisdom from, 129, 174-176 (see also wisdom)
citizen panels, 177. See also citizen deliberative councils
citizenry. See We the People
Citizens' Forum on Canada's Future, 60
citizenship. See also activism
beyond issues, 255
co-intelligent, 247-267
definition of, 183
informed, limitations on, 187-190
individual citizenship, 184-186, 193-194
interactive whole-system citizenship, 185, 189-190,
193-196
Taoist, 271-272
citizens' juries. See also citizen deliberative councils
consensus not primary, 169
description of, 154
examples of
Australia re stormwater, 149-154
India re development, 145-149
role of, 154, 177, 186-196, 205
topics covered, 154-155
unbiased nature, 157
Civic Practices Network, 274
coalitions, xii, 19, 115
co-creativity
activist approach to, 251-255
for a better future, vi, xii, 58, 194
of crises, ix-xi
in dialogue, tension, 243
intrinsic, 9, 247-249
questions to clarify, 52
seriously considering, 32
Taoism and, 270
co-intelligence. See also activism, co-intelligent
approaches to, many, xii, 100-102
definitions of, xii, 3
enhancing, 10, 257-261
intrinsic, 10
manifestations of, xii, 4-10 (see also collaborative
intelligence; collective intelligence; multi-modal intelligence;
resonant intelligence; universal intelligence; wisdom)
potential, 11
role of structures in, 88
Taoism and, 269-272
underlying inquiry, 3-5
in the workplace, 12-14
collaboration. See cooperation
collaborative intelligence
collective intelligence and, 55
definition of, 6
examples and stories, 10-11, 18-20, 54-55, 98-99
dialogue and, 63-64
collective consciousness, 39, 193, 273
collective intelligence
collaborative intelligence and, 55
collected intelligence, distinguished from, xi
conscious evolution and, 7
definition of, 6-7, 185
societal, different levels of, 54-61
factors in
art, 92-93
collective memory, 56, 88-89
conflict, 119
dialogue, 56, 58-61, 123, 194
diversity, 6, 123, 192, 195
feedback, 18, 56, 90, 263
inclusiveness, 6, 61-62, 123
relevance, 61, 111, 120
structures and institutions, 88, 92,
120, 187, 270
research into, 54, 273
social issues and, 187, 265-267
societal need for, 53, 107-108, 187, 190-194
collective mind, iv-vi, vii, 193, 226
collectivity, synergy with individuality, xi
Collings, Karren, 132, 134-135, 138-140
Coming Back to Life (Macy and Young), 215
common ground, viii, 200, 223, 238-240
Communities magazine, 71
community
healing of, iii-iv, 20, 30
health, 16, 16-18
indicators by, 17
involvement, 152
revitalization, 22-24
stories of building, 16-20, 22-24, 57-58
values, 17
community organizing, 18-20, 19, 22-24
compassion, 7, 224-225, 254, 258, 274. See also empathy; resonant
intelligence
complexity, 264
big picture, 29, 78, 131, 162, 232
complexxity, 186-190, 193-194
definition of, 187
effect on citizenship, 189-193
effect on collective intelligence, 187
megatrend factors, 187-189
theory, 100, 124
Complexity (Waldrop), 274
compromise. See consensus: creative consensus without compromise
concerns, handling of, iv, 75-78, 167, 170, 254
"Concord Principles" (Nader), 227
conflict resolution/transformation
bridging Us and Them, 256-257, 263
cooperative outcomes, 223
creative conflict, 119-120
cultural obstacles, 218
on the Great Peace March, iii
processes to facilitate
Dynamic Facilitation, 74-79, 239
mediated dialogue, 223
mediation, 223-224
nonviolent communication, 224-225
principled negotiation, 85-86
Process Worldwork, 224
Public Conversation Project, 222-223
stakeholder dialogues, 200-207
transformational mediation, 86, 239
as source of insight, 116, 119
consciousness
attention given to, 68, 176, 210, 254
collective, 39, 193, 273
Earth, 35
evolution of, 24, 110, 123
of interrelationship, 7, 17-18, 263
consensus
broad social, 60-61, 126, 226
citizen consensus councils, 127, 169
community organizing, 18-20
creative consensus without compromise, xi, 51, 92,
239, 260
grassroots forms seeking comfortable agreement, 85,
235, 238-239
group "ah-ha" experiences, 240
power-politics view of, 236
suppressing dissent and diversity, 236-238 (see also
co-stupidity)
valuing dissent and diversity, 239-245
consensus conferences. See also citizen deliberative councils
Danish Parliament, 156-157
outside Denmark, 128, 160
role of, 156, 177, 186-196
series on same topic, 164
steps for organizing, 157-160
stories of
Boston re telecommunications, 128-129
UK re biotechnology, 160-164
unbiased nature, 157
Consensus Councils, 201-203
consequences, comprehending, ix, x, 10, 30, 95
control, moving beyond, 6, 32, 56-57, 65, 81, 265
conversation. See dialogue
cooperation
in community-building, 18-20, 22-24, 263
power-with, 6, 11-12, 110-111, 113, 117-118
core commons, 34-39, 175, 242, 266
corporations
control of media and elections, 186, 190
internal transformation of, 12-14, 20-22
community development, led by, 19
rights and needs of, 254
rules governing, 57
co-sensing, 239-245. See also consensus
co-stupidity, xii, 107, 109, 193-194, 260
groupthink, 236-238, 242, 258
Council process. See listening circles
Cousins, Norman, 43
Covey, Stephen, 67
CoWorking, 227
Coyle, Virginia, 67
Creating a World that Works for All (Abdullah), 273-274
creativity. See co-creativity
crises. See problems, social and environmental
Crosby, Ned, 154-155, 177, 179. See also citizens' juries
cultural creatives, vii, 48
culture. See also dialogue: culture of
concious evolution of, vii, viii, 226, 228
corporate, 12-14
multicultural work, 57-58
transcultural approaches, 22-24
wisdom, 50-52, 275
Culture of Argument, The (Tannen), 218
Cunningham, Ward, 228
D
Dahl, Robert, 183
Dalai Lama, 217-218
Danish Board of Technology, 156, 158n
Danish Parliament, 156-157, 164
Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind
(Bache), 273
Davidson, Gordon, 126
decision-making. See also experts; solutions
participatory, 85, 129
voting as, 123
without making a decision, iii-iv
Deep Democracy of Open Forums, The (Mindell), 224
deliberation, 166, 197-216. See also citizen deliberative councils
Deliberative Democracy Consortium, 274
demagogues, 37, 189
democracy
deep, 224
definitions of, viii, 229
limitations of current form, xi
living, 116-120
power to those affected, 14
representative, 61, 192
Taoism, co-intelligence and, 271-272
and wholeness, 105-129
wise, viii, 265
in the workplace, 12-14
Denmark, 156-160, 164
Department for International Development (UK), 147
Desert Survival Situation, The (Lafferty and Pond), 55n
design, 17, 73, 86, 97, 175
Devane, Tom, 273
Dewey, John, 107
dialogue, 260-261. See also consensus
Bohmian, 64, 239
collaborative and collective intelligence and, 63-64
combining large and small group, 82-84, 208-209
culture of, 217-233
conditions that support, 232-233
relation to citizen deliberation, 180,
196, 217
definition of, 63
factors in the quality and power of, 229-232, 259-261
and food, 115, 221-222
group "ah-ha" experiences, 240
impact on participants, 230
impact on society, 87, 231-232
organizations promoting many forms, 274
public, methods for, 219-229
range of, 64-65
role of public dialogue, 218
technology and, 167-168, 179, 208-209, 225-229
tribal council, v
Dialogue to Action Initiative, 274
Diamond, Stuart, 131, 141
dictators, 93, 192
Dienel, Peter, 155
Different Drum, A: Community-Making and Peace (Peck),
274
Disney, 214
Dispossessed, The (LeGuin), 274
diversity
coherent integration of, xi, 123
consensus, role in, 238-245
creative use of, 6, 45, 192, 195, 255
of gifts, 24
permaculture, lessons from, 97-99
of perspectives, vs. numbers of people, 123
reflective, 175
as social stimulant, 232
wisdom from, 116, 175
Divine Daughters (Bagby), 274
Domestic Policy Association, 199
Du Bois, Paul, 116-119
Dupuis, Charles, 131-138, 141-142
Durant, John, 160
Dynamic Facilitation, 74-79, 173, 239, 263
E
Earley, Jay, 274
Earth, 24, 34, 191, 220, 253
Earth First!, 215
economics, 14, 17, 31, 232. See also indicators, statistical
Ecotopian Grapevine Gazette, 215
Ecotrust, 229
Ehrlich, Paul, 274
Eichler, Mike, 18-19
Einstein, Albert, 9
Eisler, Riane, 274
elections. See voting
Elgin, Duane, 226-227
emergence
of agreements, 238-239
of bigger picture, 76, 109, 239
of conflict and problems, 75, 164
of a culture of dialogue, 217-218, 227-229
of deeper dialogue, 68
of ideas and possibilities, iii, 21, 75-79, 82-83,
86, 241, 261
inviting, 74-79, 125, 250-251
of leadership, 19, 38, 113, 224
of motivation, 44, 72, 80, 219, 250-251
of new ways, 113-114, 125, 200-201
of a wise People's Voice, 196, 266
empathy, 8, 220, 224-225. See also compassion; resonant intelligence
entity, community or society as. See living systems
Everyday Miracles (Spangler), 247
evolution, conscious cultural, viii, xii, 226, 228
experts
in citizen deliberative councils, 147, 150, 158-162,
171, 203-205
"on tap, not on top", 58-59, 157, 176,
263
extinction, human, 191
Exxon Valdez, 89-90
F
facilitation, 74, 85, 196, 243, 270. See also consensus; Dynamic
Facilitation
Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decisionmaking (Kaner
et al.), 85
fairness and bias, 96, 147, 157, 239
families, 6-7, 12, 54, 254
feedback, 18, 56, 90, 263
female. See gender dynamics
Feminine Leadership (Loden), 55n
fertilizer factory incident. See Great Peace March
fiction, co-intelligent visionary, 274
Fifth Discipline, The (Senge), 64, 274
Fifth Sacred Thing, The (Starhawk), 274
"Fires in the Mirror" (Smith), 93-95
Fisher, Roger, 85, 131-141
Fishkin, James S., 207
flexibility, 14, 212, 245
flow, 39, 239
Flynn, Patrice, 92
Folger, Joseph P., 86
Follett, Mary Parker, 105, 110, 117, 121, 234
Forest Service (U.S.), 55-56
freedom, 13, 14, 111, 232, 234
Fricska, Szilard, 211
Friere, Paolo, 210
From the Four Directions, 219-220
future, xii, 58, 176, 245, 260, 264. See also futures work
future search, 200-201
Future Search (Weisbord and Janoff), 201
futures work, 147, 176, 212-215
G
Gandhi, M. K., 31, 35, 43, 122, 147
Gardner, Howard, 5
Gastil, John, 177
Geddes, Carol, 131, 135-137, 140-142
gender dynamics, 15, 55, 158n
general interest. See common good
Germany, 155
Gerzon, Mark, 223-224
gestures of conversational presence, 68-71
Getting to Yes (Fisher and Ury), 85
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 274
Global Business Network, 212
God, 9, 36, 235. See also spirituality; universal intelligence
Great Peace March, i-vi, 246-247
Gross Domestic Product/Gross National Happiness. See indicators
Gross National Happiness (Centre of Bhutan Studies), 92
group fields, 224
group mind, iv-vii, 193, 226
groupthink. See co-stupidity; consensus
H
Hamilton, Alexander, 166
hand gestures, 68-71
Harvard Negotiation Project, 85, 131
Hawken, Paul, 107
Healthy Democracy, 177, 179
hearing and listening
being heard at work, 13-14
feeling fully heard, 77, 138-140, 142, 225, 258
on Great Peace March, iii
listening deeply, truly, 25, 64, 77, 243
heart, iii, 5, 8-9, 239, 241
Heart of Conflict, The (Muldoon), 236
Heart Politics (Peavey), 15
Henderson, Hazel, 92
Herland (Gilman), 274
Hitler, Adolf, 37
Hock, Dee, 56
holistic management, 201
Holistic Management (Savory), 201
Holman, Peggy, 273
Holmes, Tim, 237
House Divided, A (Gerzon), 224
Houston, Jean, 8
Hubbard, Barbara Marx, 228
Huxley, Aldous, 274
I
ideologies, holistic, 125-126
imagineering, 214-215
inclusiveness
of all efforts on behalf of life, 274
both/and thinking, 30
of diverse perspectives, 92, 95-96
need for integration, 122
rewards of, 20-22
India, 22-24, 91
indicators, statistical
community creation of, 17
community health, sustainability and quality of life,
16-18, 90-92
Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 89-90
Gross National Happiness, 91-92
Gross National Product (GNP), 17, 89n, 91
individuality, synergy with collectivity, xi, 109
information
accessibility of, 96, 232
full-spectrum re public issues, 95-96, 198-199, 230,
232
infoglut, x, 183, 185, 187-189
sharing, 14
Institute of Cultural Affairs, 210
Institute of Development Studies, 146
intelligence
challenge and, 10
deeper forms of, ii, xii, 4-5 (see also co-intelligence)
functions of, 111-112, 193
IQ, xii, 54
limited forms of, vi
in politics, 183, 192
power and, 111-112
wholeness and, 9-10
interconnectedness
of issues, 189
kinship with all life, 15, 24, 134-139, 246, 253-254
scientific evidence for, i
serious consideration of, ii, vi, 31
spiritual, i
interest (stake)
common good, 121, 127, 132, 170, 205
legitimate, 85
negotiation, 85-86, 239
and politics, x, 112-113, 116, 118, 127-128, 261
self-interest, 118-119, 127, 261
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, 147
International Institute for Environment and Development, 146
International Trade Center, 147
Internet, 56, 88-89, 179-180, 217, 219, 226-227
In the Absence of the Sacred (Mander), v
Introduction to Permaculture (Mollison), 97
Iroquois, v, 30
Isaacs, David, 82-83
Island (Huxley), 274
J
Janis, Irving, 236-237
Janoff, Sandra, 201
Jefferson Center, 154. See also citizens' juries
Jefferson, Thomas, viii, 144
Jesus, 259
Johnson, David, 214
Johnson-Lenz, Peter and Trudy, 228
Johnson, Mark, 274
Johnston, Charles, 274
Joss, Simon, 160
Joy, Bill, 190-193
K
Kahane, Adam, 212
Kaner, Sam, 85
Kettering Foundation, 198
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 35, 246
kinship with all life. See interconnectedness; resonant intelligence
Kitzhaber, John, 144
Kluver, Lars, 158n
Kretzmann, John P., 58
Kucinich, Dennis, 40
Kurland, Norman, 199
L
Lalande, Robert, 133-134
Lao-Tzu, viii, 268, 270-271
Lappé, Frances Moore, 116-119
leadership. See also activism; power
from the bottom, 19, 22-24
catalytic, 22-24, 125
collaborative, 57, 79
conversations for leaders, 219-220, 222-224
on the Great Peace March, ii
resonant, 37-39
for self-organization, 186, 271-272
small-minded, 109
Taoism and, 271-272
from the top, 19, 81
workers' authorization of, 12-13
Leadership and the New Science (Wheatley), 274
LeBeau, Marie, 131, 133, 137-142
Lee, Geoffrey, 160-164
LeGuin, Ursula K., 274
Lerner, Michael, 274
Leuf, Bo, 228
Lickerman, Jon, 92
Life. See also spirituality
affirmation of, 7, 252, 264
guiding this work, xvi, 252-254, 261-262
sanctity of, 7
Limits to Growth, The (Meadows), 17
listening circles, 65-68, 239
listening projects, 220
"Listening to the City", 208-209
living systems
powerful patterns in, 123-125, 248-249, 256-257
seeing families, organizations, communities and societies
as, 6-7, 18, 121, 249-250
"whole system" work, 200-201
Loden, Marilyn, 55n
Loka Institute, 128
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, 208
Lyons, Oren, v
M
Maclean's magazine, 59-60, 131-132, 142-143
Macy, Joanna, 124, 130, 215, 253-254, 262
male. See gender dynamics
Malidawa, India, 22-24
Mandela, Nelson, 212
Mandelbaum, Seymour J., 183
Mander, Jerry, v
Manitonquat, 24-28
Markey, Edward J., 128, 143
Marshall, Robert, 60, 143
Mary Parker Follett Foundation, 274
Mayor, Federico, 8
McKnight, John L., 58
McLaughlin, Corinne, 126
Meadows, Donella H., 17
media and publicity
with citizen deliberative councils, 62, 128, 179-180
"community voice" groups, 226
control of public, 186, 189-190, 195
electronic town meetings, 226
fear and conflict from, 134, 221-223, 236
as mirror for community, 123
responsible, 225-227
in scenario work, 214
mediated dialogue, 223
mediation, 86, 223-224, 237
Mediators Foundation, 223
Miller, Richard, 131, 133-137, 141-142
Mindell, Arnold, 224
minorities, 258. See also race
mirroring, 92, 123, 223
Mitchell, Natasha, 153-154
Mixner, David, 246
Mollison, Bill, 6, 97
Monkeywrench Gang, The (Abbey), 215
Montana Consensus Council, 202
Mont Fleur Scenarios, The (le Roux), 213
Mon Valley, PA, 19
Moral Imagination (Johnson), 274
Muldoon, Brian, 236
multi-modal intelligence, 5, 176. See also capacities, human
Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice (Gardner),
5
multiple-viewpoint drama, 92-95
mystery, 7, 24, 29
N
Nader, Ralph, 227
National Initiative for Democracy, 177
National Issues Forum, 95, 198-199
nature. See also interconnectedness; resonant intelligence
collaborating with, 6, 31, 96-99
concern for, 91-92, 254
production of, 89
separation from, ii
spirit and, 34-36, 176, 268
Necessary Wisdom (Johnston), 274
negotiation, 85-86, 200, 239
nervous system, limitations of, x
networking, 215, 228
New Dimensions Radio, 225-226
New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority, 149-150
New World, New Mind (Ornstein and Ehrlich), 274
New York City Civic Alliance, 208
Nhat Hanh, Thich, 274
non-profit groups, 57, 199, 222, 262
nonviolence, 46, 120, 259-261
nonviolent communication (NVC), 224-225, 263
Nonviolent Communication (Rosenberg), 225
Not by the Sword (Watterson), 37
nuclear threat, ii, 246
O
Ogilvy, James, 107
Ohs, Karl, 234
Oliver, Leonard P., 199
Open Space Technology, 20-22, 55-56, 80-81
Open Space Technology (Owen), 81
order, 32, 56, 81, 97. See also chaos
Oregon Health Decisions (OHD), 58-59
organizational development, 48, 259, 262
organizations, i, v, 12-14, 259
Ornstein, Robert, 274
Osentowski, Jerome, 98-99
Our Media Voice campaign, 227
Owen, Harrison, 21, 64. See also Open Space Technology
P
Palmer, Parker J., 119
participation, intrinsic, 247-249, 251-252
Participatory Budget, 211
participatory decision-making, 51, 85, 144. See also consensus
Participatory Environmental Policy Processes (Holmes and
Scoones), 237
Participatory Rural Appraisals, 210
partnership. See cooperation
passion, as driver of self-organization, 72, 79, 250-251
Pattern Language for a Conservation Economy (Ecotrust),
229
peace, 97, 116, 233, 254, 258. See also conflict resolution/transformation
Peace March, Great, i-vi, 246-247
Pearce, Paul, 149, 153-154
Peavey, Fran
chimpanzee story, 15
strategic questioning, 71-74, 82
Peck, M. Scott, 274
Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Friere), 210
peerness. See also power
in community, 263
essential for dialogue, 233
processes which support, 20-22, 25, 66-67 (see also
dialogue)
in the workplace, 13-14
people, ordinary. See We the People
"People's Verdict," 132, 143, 146
permaculture, 30, 96-99
Permaculture: A Practical Guide for a Sustainable Future
(Mollison), 6
Piercy, Marge, 274
planning cells (Planungzellen), 155-156. See also citizen deliberative
councils
policy-making, vii, 19, 51, 128-129, 193
politicians
value consensus conferences, 204
deliberative evaluation of, 177, 207
public ignored or manipulated by, 112, 139, 178,
236
politics
intelligence and, 10, 107-108, 183
spectrum of engagement, 112-113
cooperative politics, 113, 115-120, 260
relation to power politics,
115-116
holistic politics, 113, 115, 120-129,
260
content vs. process, 125-127
examples of, 127-129
power politics, 112-113, 115-116, 259-260
polls, opinion
deliberation and, 131, 149, 153, 207, 226-227
problems with, x, 106, 185
popcorn circles, 68
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 208
Porto Allegre, Brazil, 211
positions (in a controversy)
all issues reduced to, 255-256
analysis of, 95-96
deconstruct into interests, 85
deliberative evaluation shifts, 172, 207, 265
possibilities, positive. See also scenario work; visioning work
adversarial view limits, 46
in dialogue, 21-22, 54, 60, 175
for dialogue, 180
dialogue generates, 63, 75
on the Great Peace March, v
possibility/problem focuser, 95-96
power
answerability of, 254
collective, dangers of, ix, 195-196
freedom and, 111
conversational, 229-232
holders of (see also corporations; politicians)
blocking solutions, xii
dialogue with, 259-261
manipulating the political system, 190
as resource for community, 19-20, 231
intelligence and, 111-112
of life's energy, 253-254
oppression and, 224, 254-255, 258
political power, 111
relationships, 12-14, 66, 171-172, 237 (see also
peerness)
types of
power-over, 110-112
power-with, 110-111, 113, 117-118
power-of-wholeness, 111, 124-125
"Practicing Our Wisdom Together in Cyberspace" (Johnson-Lenz),
228
Prall, John, 135
prisons/prisoners, 24-28, 30, 222
problem-solving. See also solutions
collaborative, 45, 51, 54-55, 85-86, 135, 144
conflict and, 119
problems, social and environmental. See also power: collective;
solutions
catastrophic potential of, ix-xii, 187, 190-191
examples of, x, 143, 254-255
impetus for evolution, xii
moving beyond problem-perspectives, 58, 85
require wisdom to solve, 7
sources of, ii, ix-xi
Process Worldwork, 224
profit, 13-14, 20-22, 57, 222
Promise Ahead (Elgin), 226
Promise of Mediation (Bush and Folger), 86
Public Agenda, 198
Public Broadcasting System, 95
Public Conversation Project, 222-223
Public Participation in Science (Joss and Durant), 160
Public Policy Insttitutes, 198
Q
Quakers, 235
questions, powerful
examples of, 22, 52, 72-73, 220, 251
generate options, 22, 72-73
methods using
appreciative inquiry, 85
Dynamic Facilitation, 75, 77-78
From the Four Directions, 220
Institute of Cultural Affairs, 22
listening projects, 220
nonviolent communication, 224-225, 263
strategic questioning, 71-74
World Cafe, 82
as organizing tool, 22, 256
Quickening of America (Lappé and Du Bois), 116-119
R
race, 57-58, 198, 205, 221-222
Racicot, Marc, 202
Rao, Srikumar S., 21
Ray, Paul, vii, 48
relationship. See interconnectedness
research
into collective intelligence, 54
needed for citizen councils, 205, 207, 266
resonant intelligence, 8, 33-39, 175. See also empathy; compassion
respect, 14, 25-28, 232, 261
responsibility, 32, 118, 248, 254
Reworking Success (Theobald), 92
Ricigliano, Robert, 131, 133-141
Robin, Vicki, 219, 252
Rockport Company, 20-22
Rosenberg, Marshall, 225
Rough, Jim, 74, 79, 173. See also Dynamic Facilitation; Wisdom
Council
le Roux, Pieter, 213
Rural Southern Voice for Peace (RSVP), 220
Ryan, Roberta, 150-151
S
salons. See café conversations
Savory, Allan, 201
scenario work, 147, 176, 212-214
Mont Fleur scenarios, 212-214
Schutt, Randy, 235
Schwartz, Peter, 107
science. See also technology
as discovery process, 241-242
limitations of, 188
new/holistic, i, 105-106, 124
Sclove, Dick, 128-129
Scoones, Ian, 237
Search for Common Ground, 202-203, 223
self-organization, 49-52, 51, 255. See also open space technology
aspect of universal intelligence, 8
in chaordic organizations, 56
in communities, 22-24
intentional, 125, 250-251
in organizational development, 14
role of vision in, 214
system design for, 98
Taoism and, 270-272
Semco, 12-14
Semler, Ricardo, 12-14
Senge, Peter, 64, 274
September 11, 2001, 190, 226
Seven Tomorrows (Hawken, Ogilvy, Schwartz), 107
shadow (psychological), 122
sharing, 31, 38-39, 66, 90, 262
shepherd, 11
Sitting Bull, ix
Sitting in the Fire (Mindell), 224
60 Minutes, 91
Skinner, B.F., 215
Smith, Anna Deavere, 93-95
social change. See activism; transformation
socialism, 14, 213, 254
Social Technologies, Advanced, 86-87
society
conscious change of, viii
as a learning entity, 10, 187
tendency to generate crises, ix
Society for Organizational Learning, 56
Society's Breakthrough! (Rough), 173
solutions
grist for inquiry, 74-79, 256, 265
high quality, 54-55, 71, 119, 126-127, 231
persistent, 123, 256
systemic, 125
wise, xii, 35, 54, 174, 205, 259
de Sousa Santos, Boaventura, 211
South Africa, 212-214
Spangler, David, 247, 269
special interests. See interests
spirituality. See also God; Life
indigenous, 24-28, 50
intelligence/wisdom and, 5, 8-10, 176, 225, 235,
273-275
interconnectedness and, i, 35-36, 38-40, 92, 264,
269
in politics and activism, vii, 40, 44, 48, 122, 126,
167, 224, 252-254
Spirit Matters (Lerner), 274
Spiritual Politics (McLaughlin and Davidson), 126
stakeholders, 264
definition of, 200, 264
dialogue, 200-207
compared to citizen deliberative councils,
203-207
Starhawk, 274
statistics. See indicators, statistical
Steiner, Rudolf, 31
stereotyping, 20, 224, 226, 236-237n
stories
in conflict work, 20, 86, 222, 258
Great Story, The, 124
need to hear each other's, 11, 25-28, 31, 38-39,
230
power to engage, 16, 231, 250, 263-264
public storytelling, 221
strategic questioning, 71-74
Strong Democracy (Barber), 273
Study Circle Resource Center, 199
study circles, 179, 198-200, 227
Study Circles (Oliver), 199
stupidity as "an attempt to iron out all differences,"
98. See also co-stupidity
success, measures of. See indicators, statistical
Supreme Court, 239
sustainability. See also indicators, statistical
citizens' juries recommend, 147-148, 151-153
democracy and, 16-18, 226-227, 232
systems for, 16-18, 51-52, 54, 90-92, 126-127, 144
Sustainable Seattle, 16-18
Sweden, 199
synergy
of assets in a community, 58
basis of natural orderliness, 97
of intelligences, xi, 5
through dialogue, 64
wholeness and, 105-106
systems. See living systems
T
talking stick, 25. See also listening circles
Tannen, Deborah, 218
Taoism, viii, 8, 268-272
Tao Te Ching, 268-269, 271-272
technology
as a public issue, 128-129, 156, 160-165, 190-191
telecommunication and dialogue, 167-168, 179, 208-209,
225-229
Technology of Participation, 210
The Change Handbook: Group Methods for Shaping the Future
(Holman and Devane), 273
Theobald, Robert, 92, 95
The Partnership Way (Eisler and Loye), 274
Thinley, Lyonpo Jigmi Y., 91
Thomashow, Mitchell, 119
Thorbeck, John, 20-22
Tikkun magazine, 274
time, 164, 186, 258
Time for Choices (Toms), 225-226
Toms, Michael, 225
Torres, Lars, 158n
town meetings
electronic, 226
face-to-face, 61, 190, 208
transformation
conscious cultural, viii, 14, 46, 49-52, 187, 251
in dialogue, 65, 207, 219-220, 230, 239
drivers of social, 46, 48, 229, 261-262, 279
necessity for, 186
using citizen deliberation for, viii, xv
transformational mediation, 86
Transforming Human Culture (Earley), 274
tribal cultures
councils, v, 66
justice systems, 30
oppression of, 133, 135-136, 140
wisdom honored, 24-25, 50
trust
building, 22-24
of the process, 78, 205, 254
required for consensus, 235
Turning the Century (Theobald), 95
Turning to One Another (Wheatley), 220
"Twilight: Los Angeles" (Smith, A.D.), 95
U
unions, labor, 14, 257-258
United Nations, 91, 147
universal intelligence, 8-10. See also God; Life; spirituality
Ury, William, 85
utopiation, 50, 180
V
values
activist, 47, 116, 257
basic, 35, 73, 91
community, 17, 58, 204-206
diverse, 92, 119, 150
shared, 119, 200, 235
Visa, International, 56
visioning work, 51, 55-56, 60, 147, 176-177, 214
Voice of the People, The (Fishkin), 207
Voluntary Simplicity (Elgin), 226
voting
in citizen deliberative councils, 169, 179
lack of dialogue in, 185
participation in, 16, 123, 186
quantitative vs. qualitative considerations, x, 123
in the workplace, 12-13
W
Walden Two (Skinner), 215
Waldrop, M., 274
Wallis, Steve, 86
Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy,
273
Waring, Marilyn, 89
Warren, Mark E., 166
Watterson, Kathryn, 37
Way of Council, The (Zimmerman and Coyle), 67
websites, Co-Intelligence Institute, xvi, 25, 187
Weisbord, Marvin, 23, 201
We the People. See also citizen deliberative councils; citizenship
capacity to govern wisely, viii, 108-109, 195
citizen deliberative councils as voice of, 173, 176-178,
192, 204, 205
democracy as effective conversations of, 229-232
microcosm representing, 60-61, 184-185, 195-196
who is WE?, 191-196
Wheatley, Margaret, 220, 274
White Dog Café, 221-222
wholeness
in democracy, 105-108, 111, 115, 120-129
intelligence and, 4-5, 9-10 (see also co-intelligence)
life seeks and heals through, 94, 125, 261-262
picture, the whole, 4, 29, 119, 121-122 (see also
big picture)
serious consideration of, vi, 29-31
synergy and, 105-106
wholeness, interconnectedness and co-creativity
activism, informing (see activism, co-intelligent)
in community organizing, 20
intelligence, informing, 3-5
serious consideration of, 29-32, 99, 264
Wicks, Judy, 221-222
widening circles exercise, 215
Wiki, 228
Wiki Way (Leuf and Cunningham), 228
wilderness survival experiment, 54-55
Wired magazine, 191
wisdom
arising from dialogue, 174-175, 231-232, 272
collective, 109, 272
common sense, 151-153
factors involved in, 109
relevance, 175
co-resonant, 35
currently scattered, xi
description of, 17
need for, xi-xii
sources of, 8, 174-176
Wisdom Council, 173-174
Constitutional amendment for U.S., annual, 173
wisdom culture, 50-52, 275
Woman on the Edge of Time (Piercy), 274
World As I See It (Einstein), 9
World Bank, 146-147
World Cafe, 82-84
World Trade Organization, 147
Y
Yes! magazine, 253n
Young, Molly, 215
Z
Zimmerman, Jack, 67
Zubizarreta, Rosa, 71
