The Co-Intelligence Institute

OUR VISION & MISSION

We envision a world that works for all — guided by collective wisdom, partnering with life and working for long term, broad benefit.

Our mission is to grow our human ability to be wise together, and with the rest of the natural world. We focus on two key spheres:

  • We research and advocate for an intelligence that values wholeness, interconnectedness and co-creativity. We call this “co-intelligence”.

  • We promote and foster collective sense-making, co-creativity, and collaborative governance at all levels of scale. We call this “wise democracy”.

We partner with individuals and organizations to promote leading-edge projects, develop educational tools, and host learning and networking events that advance wise democracy and co-intelligence.

  • We share real-life stories and case studies of transformative, co-intelligent approaches to the complex challenges of our time.

  • We create transformational learning spaces where facilitators, activists, public administrators, and community members learn from one another and grow their capacity for collaboration.

  • We promote and develop tools such as pattern languages, group processes, and digital platforms to evoke and engage greater collective wisdom.

Our commitment is to evoke and engage the wisdom and resourcefulness of the whole, on behalf of the whole; this informs all we do.

OUR PROJECTS

Our projects address the realities of our complex global challenges, including cascading climate and biodiversity crises, fractured and polarized societies, and narrow, short-term intelligence.

Current Initiatives

  • Real World Community Learning Calls (monthly zoom calls featuring practitioners’ work)

  • The Wise Democracy Project (weaving partnerships and collaborations)

  • Co-intelligence Card Deck & Website (making the principles of co-intelligence accessible)

  • Engaging With the Metacrisis (finding meaningful agency in uncertainty)

  • Wise Democracy R&D (advancing innovations in collaborative governance)

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Impact Highlights

  • Thought leadership e.g The Tao of Democracy and Empowering Public Wisdom publications

  • Creating resources to support cultural shifts e.g The Wise Democracy Pattern Language

  • Mentoring young leaders e.g Healthy Democracy / Oregon Citizen Initiative Review

  • Supporting the growth of social technologies such as Dynamic Facilitation & Pol.is

  • Strategic convening - Storyfield Conference & Transformational Philanthropy Gathering

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