Our society faces MONSTER problems, which seem impossible-to-solve, but which must be solved. They seem impossible because they are not solvable from within the existing System. They are caused by our System. The good news is ... with a slight adjustment to the underlying structure of our System, we can facilitate our System to transform itself so that all these problems can start to go away! (See "A Holution to the Human Predicament"... a blog article from Stanford sponsored MAHB))
At the Center for Wise Democracy we are discovering that the Wisdom Council Process really works. And it can be used to safely facilitate the necessary transformation of our System. It's basically a way to facilitate all the people (of the nation, of the world, of the city, etc.) to come together as "We the People", face these Monster problems creatively and collaboratively, and provide responsible leadership to elected officials, corporations, NGO's, philanthropic organizations, the media, the culture, etc. The process sets up a new dynamical System of democratic governance and economics. See how this can happen for issues you care about ... at each level of society:
At the Center for Wise Democracy we are discovering that the Wisdom Council Process really works. And it can be used to safely facilitate the necessary transformation of our System. It's basically a way to facilitate all the people (of the nation, of the world, of the city, etc.) to come together as "We the People", face these Monster problems creatively and collaboratively, and provide responsible leadership to elected officials, corporations, NGO's, philanthropic organizations, the media, the culture, etc. The process sets up a new dynamical System of democratic governance and economics. See how this can happen for issues you care about ... at each level of society:
- At the Global level -- e.g. here's how we can finally start addressing climate change, pandemics, wars, poverty
- At the National level (in the U.S.)-- e.g. here's how we can overcome partisan bitterness, distrust of elections, quarreling over healthcare, the corruption of money in politics, etc.
- At the State level -- e.g. taxes, education policy, land use planning, etc.
- At the Local level -- e.g. schools, hospitals, local conflicts
- In organizations -- e.g. as a new governing structure for your co-op
For political scientists ...
This 39 min podcast is episode #34 of “Facilitating Public Deliberations”, where Jim Rough is interviewed by Dr. Lyn Carson, Director of Research at the New Democracy Foundation in Australia. In the episode Jim describes how the field of "political science" currently constrains itself to look only for solution possibilities within the existing System. But how System transformation will open the door to a whole new set of possibilities.
https://www.newdemocracy.com.au/2020/11/26/episode-34-wisdom-councils-and-dynamic-facilitation-with-jim-rough/
https://www.newdemocracy.com.au/2020/11/26/episode-34-wisdom-councils-and-dynamic-facilitation-with-jim-rough/
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