LINKS

• Book: "Society's Breakthrough! Releasing Essential Wisdom and Virtue in All the People" by Jim Rough. This book describes how Dynamic Facilitation holds the key to establishing "true democracy" and "true community" through the Wisdom Council process. The web site contains sample chapters and articles.
• The Center for Wise Democracy This is the non-profit organization which was established to help communities begin to use the Wisdom Council process. It's a new way to transform large systems of people, like cities, schools, corporations, etc.
• The Co-Intelligence Institute Tom Atlee's web site. This is the best blog on the web if you are interested in democracy, community and all forms of "people-thinking-and-acting-intelligently-together." Recommendation: Sign up for Tom's newsletter for a thoughtful, informed view of the world.
• Creative Problem Solving Institute Here's a gathering of people interested in creative thinking. This Institute was co-founded by Alex Osborne, the guy who coined the term "brainstorming." It has been meeting for over fifty years.
• The National Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation This organization is interested in high quality conversations and the better collective actions which result. It convenes a bi-annual conference that is terrific.
• International Association of Facilitators Here's a network for facilitators of all kinds.
• BothAnd Project A joint initiative of the Mainstream Media Project & the Harvard Global Negotiation Project, this group has great insights into how to take society beyond adversarial politics.
• THE FACILITATOR magazine
• Business Transformation Book Cafe
• Center for the Study of Work Teams
• Book: Community-building: Renewing Spirit and Learning in Business
• Pete Grazier and Teambuilding, Inc.