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How People Harness Their Collective Wisdom and Power to Construct the Future in Co-Laboratories of Democracy

How People Harness Their Collective Wisdom and Power To Construct the Future

by Alexander N. Christakis and Kenneth C. Bausch

2006 (306 pages)

ISBN:9781593114824

Presenting an axiomatic practical approach of social design, this book enables all stakeholders of this approach to construct visual patterns of problems and solutions systemically, collaboratively, and collectively.

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How People Harness Their Collective Wisdom and Power to Construct the Future in Co-Laboratories of Democracy
Foreword
Prologue
Introduction
PART I - Evolution of Dialogue
Chapter 1	-	Classic Athenian Democracy—Many Thanks to Plutarch
Chapter 2	-	The Allure of Participative Democracy
Chapter 3	-	The Unshakeable Human Burdens of Dialogue
PART II - Architecture of the Structured Design Process (SDP)
Chapter 4	-	Six Consensus Methods
Chapter 5	-	Seven Language Patterns
Chapter 6	-	Three Phases and Three Key Role Distinctions
Chapter 7	-	Four Stages of Inquiry
Chapter 8	-	Collaborative Software and Facility
Chapter 9	-	Six Dialogue Laws
Chapter 10	-	Relieving the Burdens of Dialogue
PART III - Co-Laboratories in Action
Chapter 11	-	Overview of the Methodology
Chapter 12	-	Customized SDP Application
Chapter 13	-	Designing a CAP for Good Review Practices
Chapter 14	-	Master Plan for a New Product
Chapter 15	-	Anticipating Alternative Futures in Energy Efficiency
Chapter 16	-	Wisdom of the People Forum
Chapter 17	-	International Boundary-Spanning Dialogues—Project "Successful Cypriot Women"
Chapter 18	-	Community-Based Co-Laboratory of Democracy
PART IV - A Science of Dialogic Design
Chapter 19	-	Context of the Science
Chapter 20	-	A People Science
Chapter 21	-	Conscious Evolution
Chapter 22	-	Axioms and Definitions
Chapter 23	-	Six Dialogue Laws
Chapter 24	-	A Science of Dialogic Design
Chapter 25	-	Measuring Observer Spreadthink and Situational Complexity
PART V - Constructing the Future
Chapter 26	-	Transformational Leadership
Chapter 27	-	Being Successful in Web-World
Chapter 28	-	Constructing Agoras of the Global Village
Epilogue
References
Appendicies
Appendix A	-	A Hypothetical Case of Strategic Management
Appendix B	-	The Rootcause Mapping Software
Appendix C	-	Constructing Agoras of the Global Village
Appendix D	-	Chronic Kidney Disease—Discussion Paper for CKD Initiative Stakeholder Workshop