The Power of Collective Wisdom

The Power of Collective Wisdom
Title The Power of Collective Wisdom PDF eBook
Author Alan Briskin
Publisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pages 248
Release 2009-10-05
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1605095753

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“An exceptional work challenging leaders to question their assumptions about how to achieve organizational excellence . . . a new narrative for leading.” —Carol Pearson, author of The Hero Within If we are to disentangle the extraordinary challenges that we face today in organizations, communities, and nations we must transcend our divisions and develop solutions together. But what enables us to collectively make wise choices and sound judgments instead of splintering apart? When human beings gather together, a depth of awareness and insight, a transcendent knowing, becomes available. Based on nine years of research The Power of Collective Wisdom shows how we can tap into the extraordinary cocreative potential that exists in every group. Collective wisdom is elusive and unpredictable—it can’t be willed into being, but the authors describe six commitments people can adopt that will increase the likelihood of its appearing. Stories and historical examples throughout serve to illuminate and illustrate how collective wisdom has emerged in a range of settings and through the lives and traditions of varied cultures. Equally important, the authors describe how to recognize the pitfalls of polarization or false agreement, either of which can lead to collective folly—a phenomenon with which recent history has made us all too familiar. And they offer a set of practices to help readers maintain the key lessons of the book. The Power of Collective Wisdom is a foundational book for an emerging field of study and practice relevant to everyone seeking more effective and satisfying ways of working with others. “This book takes knowledge about groups and elevates it to a field and a movement.” —Peter Block, author of Community and Stewardship

The Power of Collective Wisdom

The Power of Collective Wisdom
Title The Power of Collective Wisdom PDF eBook
Author Alan Briskin
Publisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pages 265
Release 2009-10
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1576759008

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Stories and historical examples throughout this work serve to illustrate how collective wisdom is emerging in a range of settings and how, if accessed, this collective knowing can create extraordinary results.

Stirring of Soul in the Workplace

Stirring of Soul in the Workplace
Title Stirring of Soul in the Workplace PDF eBook
Author Alan Briskin
Publisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pages 311
Release 1998
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1605096164

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Essential reading for those who'd like to find more meaning in their jobs, "The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace" offers ways to balance a personal spiritual path with job realities and expectations.

Collective Wisdom

Collective Wisdom
Title Collective Wisdom PDF eBook
Author Grace Bonney
Publisher Hachette UK
Pages 748
Release 2021-10-26
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1648291112

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POWERFUL WISDOM FROM THE ELDERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES In this rich and multilayered collection of interviews, conversations, and intimate photographs, over 100 trailblazing women describe the ups, downs, and lessons learned while forging their unique paths. Collective Wisdom celebrates the stories of those who have been there and know the road—from an Olympic athlete and a NASA team member to award-winning artists, activists, writers, and filmmakers, from women in their fifties to centenarians. It is also a tribute to the importance of intergenerational connections between women, with interviews conducted by daughters, friends, mentors, and colleagues. Collective Wisdom creates a living, breathing sense of community—a space where all of us can gather, listen, share, and learn.

The Power of Collective Wisdom

The Power of Collective Wisdom
Title The Power of Collective Wisdom PDF eBook
Author Alan Briskin
Publisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pages 266
Release 2009-10-05
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1576754456

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Stories and historical examples throughout this work serve to illustrate how collective wisdom is emerging in a range of settings and how, if accessed, this collective knowing can create extraordinary results.

The Wisdom of Crowds

The Wisdom of Crowds
Title The Wisdom of Crowds PDF eBook
Author James Surowiecki
Publisher Anchor
Pages 335
Release 2005-08-16
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0307275051

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In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant—better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future. With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, military history, and politics to show how this simple idea offers important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, run our companies, and think about our world.

Big Mind

Big Mind
Title Big Mind PDF eBook
Author Geoff Mulgan
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 288
Release 2019-11-12
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0691196168

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"A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This "bigger mind"--human and machine capabilities working together--has the potential to solve the great challenges of our time. So why do smart technologies not automatically lead to smart results? Gathering insights from diverse fields, including philosophy, computer science, and biology, Big Mind reveals how collective intelligence can guide corporations, governments, universities, and societies to make the most of human brains and digital technologies"--Amazon.com.