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  We offer a set of social innovations by which to facilitate "all the people" to work creatively together as "We the People" and achieve breakthrough progress on the most urgent impossible-seeming issues.
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Monster Problems are arising at all levels of society ... i.e. BIG impossible-seeming issues that must be solved ...  especially at the national (e.g partisan gridlock) and global levels (e.g. climate crisis).

At the Center for Wise Democracy we offer a BREAKTHROUGH strategy for how "we" (a few of us) can facilitate "all the people" to face these Monsters creatively; reach wise unity through shifts and breakthroughs; and provide responsible leadership to governments, the economy and the culture. At the national and global levels, this amounts to a new System of Governance and Economics. ... We offer a set of social innovations by which this new set of solutions can happen.  

 The Solution Strategies ...

  1. ​Global society...To solve issues like the climate crisis or to adequately manage the global commons (e.g. soils, fresh water, oceans, the gene pool, overfishing, species extinction, etc.) requires a collective thinking process that is creative and collaborative.  ... All of us need to start thinking together as a global "We the People", facing the big impossible-seeming problems like climate change, species extinction, etc., discovering what we all want, and determining what to do. We (a few of us) can FACILITATE this essential "We the People" conversation into being.  See Transforming Global Society.
  2. National society  (e.g The United States)  ... The founders of the United States designed a system of government based in competition. But this 18th century design is breaking down as we become more inter-dependent, needing to cooperate. How do we preserve the progress and benefits of the current system, yet safely transition to a system based in collaboration? ... See Solving National Issues.
  3. States... The Wisdom Council Process has already been adopted into the constitutions of two states of Austria. There it is being used to help resolve issues like the influx of Syrian refugees, land use planning, etc. Here's a way to dramatically reduce partisan wrangling. Elected officials benefit from this new voice of the "public will". See Solving STATE issues.
  4. Local towns, cities & communities ... A group of community leaders (or government) can implement the Wisdom Council Process at the local level to facilitate "the people" to address and solve difficult issues. See Solving COMMUNITY issues
  5. Organizations ... The Wisdom Council Process can also be used in organizations, churches, conferences and other human networks. (See examples:  a food co-op, a conference, corporations)

The Social Innovations are ...

  1. Choice-creating ... is a form of thinking where groups face impossible-seeming issues and reach clarity on what is the situation and what to do. Choice-creating is "opposite" to decision-making (See chart of comparison)
  2. 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. 
  3. The Wisdom Council Process (WCP)...  is a way to facilitate large systems of people into the spirit of choice-creating. It combines an ongoing series of randomly selected people, Dynamic Facilitation and opportunities for the public to hear and consider the results. Using it a large system of people (e.g. community, corporation or nation) can face and solve big problems together (i.e. "wise democracy")
  4. ​Society's Breakthrough ... is when we apply the Wisdom Council Process to society itself, global or national.  Here's how a society can transform itself toward collective consciousness — i.e. economics, governance and civic life.

2 min video introduction to the social innovations

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Illustration ... for the U.S. (3.5 min video)

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 all the people to come together as a wise and responsible "We the People"?  ... where We reach shared conclusions and provide responsible leadership to elected leaders? Below is a short video describing how this might happen within a Reality TV Show. (3.5 min video):

Examples from Austria

This set of social innovations has been taken up in parts of Central Europe like communities and states in Austria and Germany. Especially the Vorarlberg government uses the Wisdom Council Process, See Seven short videos they sponsored IN ENGLISH. (https://www.buergerrat.net/english-version/) Below is one example, a short video illustrating how the state government of Voralberg in Austria used the Wisdom Council Process to help citizens address and solve a contentious issue: the influx of refugees.
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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