The Co-Intelligence Institute
Envisioning A Wise Democracy
Our projects focus on bringing co-intelligence to life at various levels of scale, and growing the context for co-creating wise democracy
Weaving The Larger Field
2020 - Ongoing
We seek to grow wise democracy by weaving connections among democratic initiatives to stimulate thinking, strengthen the field, and catalyze further experimentation.
We write and share case studies, publicizing the good work that others are doing while connecting their work with specific patterns in the WDPL. In our learning conversations with other organizations, we seek to explore how the wisdom lens and the WDPL deck can serve as useful resources for their work and for their communities. Our intention is to partner with other organisations to enable glocal – global AND local – action learning programs.
Real World Community Learning Calls
2023 - Ongoing
Monthly opportunities for practitioners to profile their work, and for others to learn about these social innovations. In addition to learning from practitioners, this ongoing series is also an opportunity for introducing various patterns from the WDPL deck, as exemplified by the work of the guest practitioner.
Co-Intelligence Card Deck
2022 - 2026
This card deck highlights applications in co-intelligence at a personal, intrapersonal and interpersonal level, with a corresponding website for deeper engagement. The associated website includes guided processes that can be shared with practitioners, individuals, communities and groups to foster co-intelligence in their personal and professional lives.
Webspace For Exploring Co-intelligence 2024 - 2025
A self-guided introductory website on co-intelligence. This learning platform for individuals and organizations offers an interactive and engaging exploration for anyone wanting to learn or deepen their understanding. Questions that can be explored include (yet not limited to) What is co-intelligence? Why do we need it? How can we become more co-intelligent? Where do we already see and engage with co-intelligence?
Engaging With The Meta-Crisis
2023 - Ongoing
We offer resources for those in the field of democratic innovations who want to expand their vision of citizen and stakeholder engagement, in ways that allow participants to explore the systemic drivers of collapse and respond meaningfully.
More broadly, the intention is to offer resources for those who want to deepen their appreciative capacitance with regard to the metacrisis and find meaning by living into and out of wholeness, interconnectedness, and co-creativity.
Transform Space:
Prime Directive Experiential Sessions
2023 - Ongoing
Small-group introductions to the Prime Directive, which we began prototyping last year. Participants bring individual projects, including work or life situations, and explore them from the perspective of the Prime Directive - “appreciating, evoking and engaging the wisdom and resourcefulness of the whole on behalf of the whole.” We plan to offer this on a monthly or twice-a-month basis going forward.
Wise Democracy R&D
2023 - Ongoing
Our R&D team for exploring innovations in wise democracy is led by Tom Atlee, CII’s founder, emergent innovator and sensemaker. Collaborators include Andy Paice, researcher-in-practice in democratic processes; Dr. Rosa Zubizarreta, scholar-practitioner, author, and consultant; and Natalia Rogovin, transformational coach and facilitator. They each work in various configurations with the rest of the CII team.