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 We develop and teach four social innovations to help people face and solve impossible-seeming problems. We support using them as a breakthrough approach for solving society's most pressing issues. When used at large scale these innovations make possible a new  form of democracy, Wise Democracy, where "We the People" take ultimate responsibility for our System.

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 (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 is already being adopted by governments in Europe ... and how it can be applied globally, nationally or at all levels of society:
  • ​​Global society...To solve issues like climate change and to adequately manage the global commons (e.g. soils, fresh water, oceans, the gene pool, overfishing, species extinction, etc.) requires a collective thinking process. It's not enough to just raise people's awareness. All of us need to come together as "We the People" to start facing these problems responsibly. We (a few of us) can facilitate the essential missing "We the People" conversation,, capable of solving these 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. Of course, we need to keep and enhance individual freedoms, but we also must start working collaboratively toward shared goals. ... The Wisdom Council Process can facilitate this. It's safe because it simply adds a new conversation to what already exists, which can spark a rebirth of "We the People". So here's a fast, proven way facilitate the people to transcend the partisan divide, overcome corruption, and achieve win/win progress in solving impossible-seeming 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 works 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

Two Examples -- State wide in Vorarlberg Austria

 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.

National example -- for the U.S.

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):
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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