Collective wisdom is about our capacity to recognize interdependence and to make decisions demonstrating that we have a stake in each other, that we can indeed care for each other and the physical planet we share.
ALAN BRISKINCollective wisdom is about our capacity to recognize interdependence and to make decisions demonstrating that we have a stake in each other, that we can indeed care for each other and the physical planet we share.
ALAN BRISKINWisdom in groups is earned by gathering useful data, exploring diverse perspectives, respecting different viewpoints, and then shaped through critical reflection on behalf of tangible outcomes.
ALAN BRISKINInquiry allows us to discover what might be outside the cave instead of arguing about the shadows on the wall.
ALAN BRISKINHere is why inquiry is such a powerful tool when compared to simple advocacy.
ALAN BRISKINWhether for efficiency or profitability – can lead to disasters in the long term in financial, ecological, political, social, and spiritual spheres.
ALAN BRISKINUncertainty engenders real opportunity as well as misleading choices, great leaders as well as false messiahs, and new ways of understanding the world alongside hollow maxims and deceptive promises. Understandably
ALAN BRISKINDeveloping wisdom in community is to constantly learn and relearn that expedience in the short term.
ALAN BRISKINWe seek guides and guideposts to ease the anxiety of the journey. But we also need to depend on our own insights and imagination to cultivate, from our own experience, a way to move forward.
ALAN BRISKINWe know that uncertainty creates anxiety and sometimes desperate attempts to find something to believe in.
ALAN BRISKINHow we navigate between false agreement and polarization is the kind of mastery that collective wisdom represents.
ALAN BRISKINThese stances are not abstract rules but tangible practices that must be renewed each time we are in groups.
ALAN BRISKINWisdom in groups emerges as a product of commitments we make with ourselves and to each other.
ALAN BRISKINThey are essentially commitments and attitudes that foster collaboration and positive collective action.
ALAN BRISKINFor an understanding that our immediate actions have long-term consequences, and for an appreciation that there are different ways of knowing and understanding situations.
ALAN BRISKINWisdom involves our accumulated knowledge about a subject but also a reverence for life.
ALAN BRISKINWe also show how group polarization sets the stage for risky and even dangerous decisions to be made.
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