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I am founder of The Co-Intelligence Institute.  Since the mid 1980s I have been researching and promoting ways that groups, organizations, communities and nations can be more collectively intelligent and wise.  This work inspired my 2003 book The Tao of Democracy describing theory, proven processes, and innovative institutions that could produce a holistic "wise democracy" guided by "the wisdom of the whole on behalf of the whole."

In 2005 I realized that most of my work was part of a larger enterprise that could be called "conscious evolution".  The spiritual dimension of this is (a) the realization that we are the embodiment of 13.7 billion years of evolution (e.g., the hydrogen in the water in our bodies was created some 300,000 years after the Big Bang, and those atoms are that old), (b) that our creativity and intelligence derive from and embody the demonstrated creativity and intelligence of the Universe, and (c) that we are called as a sacred duty to use that creativity and intelligence to participate consciously in the next phase of evolution.  The moral dimension is that we are (whether we know it or want it) powerful active forces in the unfolding evolution of civilization and Earth and we need to take responsibility for that fact, individually, collectively, and systemically.  The visionary dimension is that is that if we make it through the current evolutionary rapids -- with the threat of extinction making us hopefully more collectively alert and responsive than collectively stupid -- we will be a truly remarkable civilization, a new global life form capable of consciously evolving itself.

I am currently researching evolutionary dynamics that can be used to transform social systems, cultures, and technologies.  The intention of this research is to guide and empower evolutionary agents -- activists operating from a conscious evolutionary perspective -- to make a profound difference in the future of human society.  I am hoping that the results of this research will help identify especially potent areas for activist intervention, as well as especially generative, life-inspiring, and high-leverage forms and methods of activism (e.g., powerful strategic conversations based on the evolutionary principle that diverse entities interacting in supportive and challenging contexts, catalyze emergent realities and new forms of aliveness).

Many of my writings are on the Co-Intelligence Institute website linked above.  If curious, check out the "Topics" link in the left margin of that homepage and click a topic of interest.  Most of my most current postings are in the "Conscious Evolution" topic.