About the Collective WisdomInitiative

People are deeply nourished by the process of creating wholeness.

—Christopher Alexander, The Luminous Ground: The Nature of Order

The Collective Wisdom Initiative is an informal network of practitioners and scholars exploring an emerging field of study and practice called by its founding stewards collective wisdom. Initially funded through support from the Fetzer Institute in 2000, the CWI is based on the conviction that groups have the potential to be sources of extraordinary creative power, incubators of innovative ideas, and vehicles for social healing. During its initial years, the CWI was a leader in cultivating relationships across diverse disciplines, commissioning a series of groundbreaking writings, ...

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