Writing
Articles & Blogs
Co-intelligence can apply to any area of life, as you can see from the breadth of Tom's writing. He has chosen a few dozen of his best essays and organized them into different categories, so that you scan the topic headings and find the ones which most interest in you.
Tom Atlee’s new book on Co-intelligence is published!
Tom’s Blog - Random Communications from an Evolutionary Edge
Intelligence, Wisdom & Co-Intelligence
Wholeness, Complexity
& Systems
Wholeness, Interconnectedness and Co-Creativity
Simplicity Complexity, Chaos – and Transformation
Crucial Adventures in Systems Thinking
Exploring Wholeness To Support Our Highest Aspirations
The Cycle of Dynamic Coherence
Using Synergy, Diversity and Wholeness to Create a Wisdom Culture
Collective Sense-Making, Cultivating Wisdom & Truth
Lies & Our Odd Relationship with Truth
What Does “Making Sense” Mean?
Blogs & Additional Resources
Tom Atlee’s Current Blog
Random Communications from an Evolutionary Edge
Past Blogs
Evolutionary Dynamics Exploration
May 2008
Journey Reflections
June 2008
Essays by Tom Atlee Published in Journals and Books by Others
Books
Co-Intelligence:
The Applied Wisdom of Wholeness, Interconnectedness, and Co-Creativity
While our global societies boast intelligence and even collective intelligence, their ability to address our escalating global challenges remains tragically inadequate.
In "Co-Intelligence - The Applied Wisdom of Wholeness, Interconnectedness, and Co-Creativity," Tom Atlee proposes the transformative shift we may be missing: the grounded and yet visionary leap into the realm of co-intelligence.
Through essays, stories and poems, he highlights this holistic manifestation of intelligence that holds the key to cultivating meaningful collective wisdom for the long-term benefit of all.
See the dedicated webpage and endorsements here
Available in Paperback & e-Book | Buy on Amazon
The Tao of Democracy
Using co-intelligence to create a world that works for all
The Tao of Democracy describes a new vision of politics and governance that can simultaneously address our unprecedented social problems and build a society that works for all.
It demonstrates how very different people can now find creative common ground and shared wisdom together. And it tells us how to use that fact to bring our dusty old politics up to speed, and find the wisdom we need to safely navigate the 21st century.
Available in Paperback & e-Book | Buy on Amazon | Bookshop.org
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“Here-and-now practices showing what's possible in our immediate future. An important gift for our small, challenged planet!”
—Frances Moore Lappé
Author of Diet for a Small Planet, Co-author of Hope's Edge“About the most important thing that's happening at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
—Paul H. Ray, Ph.D.
Co-author of The Cultural Creatives
Participatory Sustainability
Notes for an Emerging Field of Civilizational Engagement
Participatory Sustainability introduces the idea that sustainability cannot be achieved merely through top-down government policy or economic activity. Sustainability requires the participation of all people and all parts of society, working with each other and with nature. The book provides dozens of approaches for doing this, including guidance for generating collective wisdom, participatory leadership, inclusive participatory forms of power, and six expanded dimensions of intelligence we can use together to address the depth and complexity of the challenges we face. Recognition of the intrinsic participatory nature of both sustainability (co-creating a good life for our grandchildren) and non-sustainability (co-creating disaster) provides both motivation and direction for making a better world, starting immediately.
Available in Paperback | Buy on Amazon | Buy on Alternatives
Empowering Public Wisdom
A Practical Vision of Citizen-Led Politics
In this book you will find how diverse citizens can generate a coherent, shared “voice of the people,” infusing the political process with wise common sense by learning about, reflecting on, and discussing what needs to be considered to produce long-term, inclusive benefits. Doing this together moves us beyond partisanship to a place of collective responsibility for our shared destiny.
*Currently Out Of Print | Search for used copies.
“Tom Atlee shows us how we can harness our collective wisdom to discern the way forward in these complex and challenging times. Inspiring and highly recommended!”
—William Ury
Co-author, GETTING TO YES, Author, THE THIRD SIDE“This book suggests new forms that can embed a wise public voice in real-world democratic governance, a wise and important development for the democracy movement.”
—Hawaii State Senator Les Ihara, Jr.
Senate Majority Policy Leader
Reflections on Evolutionary Activism
Essays, Poems, and Prayers from an Emerging Field of Sacred Social Change
Evolution, the most ancient, complex and self-organized of all change processes, has been going on for 13.7 billion years. We are now part of that process becoming conscious. Inspired by the Great Story of evolution and our role in it, and guided by our increasing understanding of evolutionary dynamics, we can co-create wiser social systems, cultures, consciousness, and technologies. Much of the material on this site is part of this co-creative adventure.
Available in Paperback & e-Book | Buy on Amazon | Buy on Alternatives
“Tom Atlee offers a fresh, and penetrating perspective — connecting our understanding of evolution, consciousness, and activism into a new and compelling synthesis for making a difference in today's challenged world.”
—Juanita Brown and David Isaacs
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