Category: Journal ISSN 1078-1935

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Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Peggy Holman

Alpha E-H, Collective Intelligence
Peggy Holman
Peggy Holman

Peggy Holman convenes conversations that matter using generative processes that call forth the best of who people are and can be to unleash the energy and wisdom to move dreams to action, resulting in more resilient, agile, collaborative and alive people and systems. The second edition of her book, The Change Handbook (Berrett-Koehler, 2007), has been warmly received as an aid to people in reinventing their organizations and communities. Peggy has an MBA from Seattle University. See www.opencirclecompany.com.

Collective intelligence and the emergence of wholeness

The Book
The Book

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Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Keith Hopper

Alpha E-H, Collective Intelligence
Keither Hopper
Keither Hopper

Keith Hopper (www.keithhopper.com) is a web product designer and innovator. He currently leads Public Action™, an online software environment engaging individuals with Public Broadcasters in building unique online communities. The environment runs on public TV and radio stations, along with program websites across the US including www.theworld.org and www.cartalk.com. Keith Hopper is also the Co-founder of the Boston Social Technology Society and creator of the Collective Problem Solving Wiki. He has a degree in Human Factors Engineering from Tufts University and is the recipient of several awards in design strategy and engineering.

Empowering individuals towards collective online production

The Book
The Book
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Graphic: Inter-Agency Collaboration

Advanced Cyber/IO, Balance, Capabilities-Force Structure, ICT-IT, Multinational Plus, Policies-Harmonization, Processing, Reform, Strategy-Holistic Coherence, Tribes
Inter-Agency Collaboration
Inter-Agency Collaboration

This graphic was inspired by both the work of LtCol Gary Beaver, USA (Ret), then in Bosnia, and the efforts of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to create a global inter-agency information sharing capability.  We still need this, at the global as well as the regional levels.

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Graphic: Information Sharing–Going for the Green

Advanced Cyber/IO, ICT-IT, Innovation, Languages-Translation, Leadership-Integrity, Multinational Plus, Processing, Strategy-Holistic Coherence, Tribes
Going for the Green
Going for the Green

We've formed the conclusion over time that leaders spend too much time on the 20% that is contentious or worrysome, and not nearly enough time on the 80% that is of common interest but perhaps not controversial.  We have all failed for decades, since the value of information as a tangible and intangible “good” has been recognized, to create an information commons.  This graphic, first created for the Peacekeeping Intelligence Conference in Sweden in December 2004.  The time has come to unity humanity with information shared and sense made, and in so doing, to harness the wealth-creating power of the human brain in all its forms.

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Graphic: Global Threats to Local Survival (1990′s)

Advanced Cyber/IO, Threats
Global Threats
Global Threats

This graphic was created after being inspired by Berto Jongman's brilliant World Conflict & Human Rights Map, a document that went out of creation in 2003 after he joined his national intelligence service.  His contribution is sorely missing and much needed again, only with an expansion to respect the profound wisdom contained in the Report of the United Nations High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenge, and Change, A more secure world: Our shared responsibility.  LtGen Dr. Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret), was the U.S. member of the Panel.

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Graphic: Connecting the Dots from Ingestion Onwards

Advanced Cyber/IO, Analysis, Collection, ICT-IT, Innovation, Multinational Plus, Processing, Reform, Strategy-Holistic Coherence, Tribes
Connecting the Dots
Connecting the Dots

Mike Hayden introduced the important concept of being able to connect the dots across disciplines from ingestion point onwards, not only at the finished production level.  Steve Edwards flipped chart to show dots coming it at the top, and Robert Steele added the last three bars, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Information Operations (IO), and all Other.

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Graphic: Intelligence Standards

Advanced Cyber/IO, ICT-IT, Leadership-Integrity, Processing, Strategy-Holistic Coherence
Intelligence Standards
Intelligence Standards

There was a time when we had the International Standards Organization (ISO) intereseted in possibly creating an ISO series for intelligence as a means of helping the eight tribes of intelligence do more information-sharing and sense-making together.  That died in part because standards kill military-industrial-intelligence sweetheart contracts that are not in compliance and no not want to be in compliance–exclusive “single point” lock-in is the Holy Grail for those who abuse the public trust.  Standards are right up there with transparency as being threats to the status quo.