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 We develop and teach social innovations by which to facilitate people to face and solve impossible-seeming problems. These innovations can be used to solve society's most pressing issues which sparks "wise democracy". 

At all levels of society we are encountering BIG impossible-seeming problems ... e.g. partisan gridlock, climate change, corruption, wars, poverty, etc. ... At the Center for Wise Democracy we offer a set of social innovations — by which We (just a few of us) can facilitate "all the people" to face the BIG issues collaboratively and creatively, reach unity through shifts and breakthroughs, and provide responsible leadership to governments. ... See how this can work at  all levels of society:
  • ​​Global society...To solve issues like climate change and to adequately manage the global commons (e.g. soils, water, oceans, the gene pool, overfishing, and species extinction) requires a collective thinking process. It's not enough to just raise people's awareness. The people need to start thinking together as "We the People," take ultimate responsibility for the global commons and our system. We (a few of us) can facilitate the essential missing conversation, where "the people" come together as "We the People", capable of solving these big issues.  See Transforming Global Society.
  • National society  (e.g American democracy)  ... A competition-based form of government was a good design for the 18th century. But as we become less in-dependent and more inter-dependent, it cannot last. Yes, we need to keep and enhance individual freedoms, but we must also work collaboratively toward shared goals. ... The Wisdom Council Process can facilitate this. It simply adds a new conversation to what already exists, where we come together, face our problems creatively and sparks "We the People" to arise. So here's a fast, proven way facilitate the people to transcend the partisan divide, overcome corruption, and achieve win/win progress in solving Big issues.
  • State-wide ... The Wisdom Council Process has already been adopted into the state constitution of Vorarlberg, the Westernmost state of Austria. There it is being used to help resolve issues like the influx of Syrian refugees and land use planning. (See examples). So we know the Wisdom Council Process can work at large scale.
  • Local towns, cities & communities ...  See the flyer for how a group of citizens (or government, or a community foundation) can facilitate the citizens of a community to get involved, face and resolve hot issues, and build the spirit of community and trust. (See examples.)
  • organizations ... e.g. The Wisdom Council Process can also be used in organizations, conferences and all sorts of human networks. (see examples:  a food co-op, a conference, corporations)
The social innovations we offer and teach are proven to work. They include:
  • Choice-creating ... is a form of thinking opposite to "decision-making". In choice-creating groups reach unanimous conclusions through creativity, while in decision-making they use judgment, often through voting.   
  • Dynamic Facilitation (DF) ...  is a way to reliably facilitate groups into the spirit of choice-creating, where they face difficult issues and achieve win/win unity about what to do.
  • The Wisdom Council Process (WCP)...  is a way to facilitate a large system of people into the spirit of choice-creating. It combines an ongoing series of randomly selected people plus Dynamic Facilitation so that the whole system (e.g. community, corporation or nation) can face and solve problems together. Here's a way to bring "the people" together as "We the People" and safely transform to "wise democracy."
  • ​Society's Breakthrough ... is when we apply the Wisdom Council Process to global and/or national society.  Here is a way to safely facilitate the ground we are standing on ... a transformation of economics and governance so that we become "collectively intelligent". 

Quick video introduction to the social innovations

Quick illustrations 

EXAMPLE #1: State-wide ... Here's are two short videos showing how the state government of Voralberg in Austria is using the Wisdom Council Process to help citizens address and solve contentious issues, like the influx of refugees and land use planning.
EXAMPLE #2: Currently in the United States bitter political battling obliterates the possibility of collective intelligence. Most people feel excluded from democratic participation. And elected leaders often represent moneyed interests more than their constituents. How might we (just a few of us) facilitate "We the People" to come back into being?  ... where We periodically think together in the spirit of choice-creating, and reach shared conclusions? Below is a short video describing one example for how this might happen within a reality TV Show. (3.5 min video):
To understand this new-paradigm approach most people find it valuable to experience it by taking a seminar. See the seminars on  "Dynamic Facilitation."
Check out "Our Story" of how these social innovations and this whole-system strategy came about.

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