We offer breakthrough progress
​on society's impossible-seeming problems 

​Good News! ... We offer a set of social innovations by which "we" (a few of us) can facilitate "all" the people to come together as "We the People." This holistic strategy is largely proven ... and can work at any level. 

• Transform global society... It is possible to facilitate a transformation of global governance and economics, a way "We the People" can establish new institutions and solve the big issues ... e.g. poverty, terrorism, climate change, etc. ... 
• Transform American democracy  ... It is possible to facilitate a rebirth of "We the People" to solve impossible-seeming national issues. (There have already been national-level experiments sponsored by the governments of Germany and Austria.) ... e.g. partisan battling, election reform, health care, money-in-politics, tax policy, etc.
• Transform state-level governance ... It is possible to facilitate a new level of involvement and collaboration in solving state issues .... taxing, education, welfare, etc. 
• Transform local governance (cities, communities) ...  It is possible to facilitate the people of one community to become more involved in resolving difficult public issues (see examples) 
• In Organizations ... e.g. This same process is a breakthrough strategy for organizations as well, or any level of system. (eg.  co-op, conferences, Swisscom IT)

In the United States most people are tired of constant political battling. Of course, "this is no way to resolve the pressing issues of today."  But our System sets up this way of talking. And, to a large extent our System causes the impossible-seeming problems we face. Our System structures a competition in governance, economics, justice, etc., and promotes the pursuit of self-interest. But as we grow more inter-dependent, working together collaboratively becomes more essential. So the power struggle becomes self-destructive. 

We can achieve breakthrough progress on today's problems by facilitating the missing, collaborative "We the People" conversation into existence. Adding this new conversation—a special kind of conversation— to what we already have, can spark true democracy. We can do this using The Wisdom Council Process. For example, below is a short video describing how we might do it in the U.S. as a TV show (3.5 min video):

In simple terms ... Periodically, all of us need to stop and think together about what's going on and what we are doing. We need to face the big problems as "We the People." And determine solutions that work for everyone. Achieving this would be "wise democracy". The Four social innovations allow us to accomplish this transformation ... and more.

Key to understanding how this transformation can happen in the short term ... are some simple points:
​1_Recognizing that there are two fundamentally different kinds of conversation ...  "decision-making" and "choice-creating."
2_Recognizing that our current system structures "decision-making" as our exclusive way of talking and thinking about making collective decisions.
3_Recognizing that, for all of us to stop and think, and come together as "We the People," requires that we can think together as a whole-system in the spirit of choice-creating.
4_Recognizing that we (just a few of us) ... or governments or leaders ... can facilitate this We the People conversation using the Four Social Innovations, particularly the Wisdom Council Process. For example, here's how State Government leaders of Vorarlberg in Austria used a "Wisdom Council," to address the problem of ... "influx of refugees."

Check out "Our Story" of how this strategy was developed.

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