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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 (i.e. BIG impossible-seeming, existential issues) are arising at all levels of society, 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 as "We the People" to governments, the economy and the culture. This amounts to a new System of governance (Wise Democracy) and economics ("ToBe-ism").

Monster Problems are primarily caused by the misfit of our Situation and our System. "Normal solutions" that our System offers (e.g. legislation, education, new technologies) can't solve them. However, there is a safe way to facilitate a System transformation in the short term that can positively affect all the Monster Problems at once. It's a simple matter of adding a new  collective thinking process to what we already have, by which to achieve "collective intelligence" instead of our current "collective stupidity." We are calling this this deeper, holistic approach to solving the big impossible-seeming problems of society a "Holution" rather than a "solution." This strategy frees many "solutions" to become implemented and effective.  (See "A Holution to the Human Predicament")

 The "Holution" Strategies ...

  1. ​Global society...To solve issues like the climate crisis and to adequately manage other global commons like.soils, fresh water, oceans, the gene pool, overfishing, species extinction, etc.) requires an ongoing, creative, collaborative, whole-system thinking process. ... All of us need to working together as a global "We the People", facing the big impossible-seeming problems, discovering what is the "truth", what we want, and determining the best path forward. To see how this can be achieved requires "Essential Wisdom for solving society's biggest problems." We (a few of us) can FACILITATE this global "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 aimed at reason but based in competition. But this 18th century design is breaking down as we become less in-dependent and more inter-dependent, needing to cooperate. How do we preserve the benefits of our 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. So we know it works. ...Here's a way to dramatically reduce partisan wrangling and benefit elected officials by establishing a clear wise voice of the "public will". See Solving STATE issues.
  4. Local towns, cities & communities ... A group of community leaders 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 wisdom — i.e. economics, governance and the culture.

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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