Articles

Transforming the Public Conversation - by Jim Rough

This article briefly describes how the Wisdom Council can transform the public conversation in powerful ways.

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A Rebirth of We the People - by Jim Rough
The Good Society, a PEGS Journal

This article is an overview of the concepts of Dynamic Facilitation and the Wisdom Council, described in Society's Breakthrough! Releasing Essential Wisdom and Virtue in All the People.

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"Using Crises and Teams to "Turn On" a System" (pdf) - by Jim Rough
The Journal for Quality and Participation, Spring 2002

Adapted from Chapter 12 of Society's Breakthrough! Releasing Essential Wisdom and Virtue in All the People. The article describes the origins of the Wisdom Council concept in a wildly successful employee program within a timber company.

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"Levels of Thinking / Models of Change" (pdf) - by Jim Rough

Adapted from Chapter 8 of Society's Breakthrough! Releasing Essential Wisdom and Virtue in All the People. The article describes four levels of thinking—critical thinking, systems thinking, creative thinking, and transformational thinking, how each can apprehend the Wisdom Council.