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2020/12/30

Tom Atlee: Large-Scale Collective Sense-Making Processes (Part 5)

Large-scale collective sense-making processes (Sense-making – Part 5) I’ve long advocated the use of multiple processes in public and stakeholder engagements so that synergies among them can be tapped. Recently I’ve been drawn into explorations of sense-making, in which collective sense-making stands out as particularly important. So I decided to apply my multi-process design thinking …

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2020/12/26

Tom Atlee: Generating Peace on Earth and Goodwill Towards Everyone

Generating Peace on Earth and Goodwill Towards Everyone I share with you three seemingly unrelated things that actually have everything to do with each other and all of which I ran across in the last few days: An innovative Citizens Assembly, an interview with the creator of Dynamic Facilitation, and the most articulate description of …

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2020/12/212020/12/30

Tom Atlee: What Does Sense-Making Mean? Part 4

What does “making sense” mean? (Sense-making – Part 4) The phrase “it makes sense” has a lot going on in it, most of which we don’t pay much attention to… and that can create problems. I explore what that’s about and how to watch out for “confirmation bias” – the big booby trap in personal …

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2020/12/18

Tom Atlee: Sense-Making Part 3

In the previous two posts in this “sense-making” series (here and here) I shared several earlier articles on this subject that I had not yet woven into a coherent series. Below are several more essays picked from the past, which I decided to cluster together to keep the series compact. There’s LOTS of stuff here. …

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2020/12/12

Tom Atlee: Update on Collective Intelligence, Request for Donations

News on my 2020 work and a request for support In the midst of upheavals and contradictions, I find some solace in my calling to serve the capacity of all human life to find better ways together. But I find it harder to rest in what I’ve already created and done. I find myself reflecting …

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2020/10/252020/10/23

Tom Atlee: Why is it so hard to make sense of what’s happening? (Sense-making – Part 2)

Why is it so hard to make sense of what’s happening? (Sense-making – Part 2) This post combines two documents – one a previous blog post of mine and the other a profound recent video by one of my favorite thinkers, Daniel Schmachtenberger (bio).

2020/10/162020/10/15

Tom Atlee: Waking Up into Wholeness, Dialogue and Mystery (Sense-making – Part 1)

Waking Up into Wholeness, Dialogue and Mystery (Sense-making – Part 1) I suggest that the more different perspectives we can creatively embrace, the closer we’ll get to what’s really going on. However, we need to keep in mind that there’s ALWAYS more to it than whatever we think we know at any given time, and …

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