The 2010 Communities Collaborating Institute Thought-Leaders seminar series is a special, series created exclusively for people who have registered or expressed an interest in the 2010 CCI. It has been designed to offer an advance opportunity to meet, learn about and engage with the dynamic thought-leaders who will be joining us as part of this unique learning community. It is intended to offer inspiration and help participants become more familiar with the ideas and perspectives of our thought-leaders. It also provides an opportunity to become more familiar with each thought-leaders work in advance of meeting them face-to-face in Kitchener in September 2010.
Communities Collaborating Institute Thought-Leader Series (2010)
Communities, Chaos & Collaboration - What are the most significant challenges facing society today and why are our typical responses proving ineffective? How can the renewal of our society be fostered? What role can communities play in providing the ingenuity and innovation needed for such a renewal? These and other related questions are the focus of this dialogue. Thomas Homer-Dixon is a global visionary and the award-winning author of The Upside of Down which proposes a theory of the growth, crisis, and renewal of societies. He is also the author of The Ingenuity Gap, which explores the critical gap between our need for ideas to solve complex problems and our actual supply of those ideas. Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon holds the Centre for International Governance Innovation Chair of Global Systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Access the seminar here.
The Power of Collective Wisdom - Collective wisdom is the knowledge and insight gained through group and community interaction. It acknowledges that people have a capacity to learn together and evolve towards something greater and wiser than what can be done by individuals alone. John Ott, co-author of The Power of Collective Wisdom and his fellow-members of the Collective Wisdom Initiative have spent more than nine years identifying the conditions that help collective wisdom to emerge in groups. They are motivated by a belief that enhancing the skill and capacity for how we join together, cooperate and understand one another is essential to finding solutions to our most complex challenges.
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