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 We offer a set of social innovations, which can facilitate "Wise Democracy", where all the people regularly come together as "We the People" to achieve breakthrough progress on society's most pressing impossible-seeming issues. 

At all levels of society we are encountering Monster Issues ... i.e. BIG impossible-seeming problems that MUST BE SOLVED. Nationally, for instance is the partisan divide. Globally, we are destroying the planetary basis of life.

At the Center for Wise Democracy we offer a breakthrough strategy ... by which "we" (a few of us) can facilitate "all" the people to face these Monster Issues collaboratively and creatively; reach unity through shifts and breakthroughs; and provide responsible leadership to governments, the economy and the culture.
  • ​​Global society...To solve issues like the climate crisis 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 that is creative and collaborative. It's not enough to just raise people's awareness. Or for more people to participate. All of us need to start facing these problems responsibly together as "We the People". We (a few of us) can facilitate this essential "We the People" conversation.  See 1) Transforming Global Society.
  • National society  (e.g American democracy)  ... A competition-based form of government was a good design for the 18th century. But it naturally breaks down as we become less in-dependent and more inter-dependent. Of course, we need to keep and enhance individual freedoms, but we must also work collaboratively . ... See 2) Solving National Issues.
  • State-wide ... The Wisdom Council Process has already been adopted state-wide in two of the nine states of Austria. There it is being used to help resolve issues like the influx of Syrian refugees and land use planning. (See examples). See 3) Solving STATE issues.
  • Local towns, cities & communities ... A group of community or government leaders can implement the Wisdom Council Process to involve "the people" in addressing and solving difficult issues. See 4) Solving COMMUNITY issues
  • Organizations ... The Wisdom Council Process can also be used in organizations, conferences and various human networks. (See examples:  a food co-op, a conference, corporations)
The social innovations we offer and teach are real and largely proven. They include:
  • Choice-creating ... is a form of thinking where groups reach unanimous conclusions through heartfelt creativity. Choice-creating is "opposite" to decision-making (See chart of comparison)
  • 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.
  • 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 with Dynamic Facilitation. Here's how a large system of people (e.g. community, corporation or nation) can face and solve problems together. 
  • ​Society's Breakthrough ... is when we apply the Wisdom Council Process to global and/or national society.  Here's how we (a few of us) can facilitate "all the people" to come together as "We the People" in a way that transcends the existing System. Here's how a society can transform itself -- economics, governance and civic life.

2min video introduction to the social innovations

National 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):

Two Examples from 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.
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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