Integral CI

Susan and Sheri:

I believe the work of CIC can distinguish itself by adopting a more deliberate, systematic integral perspective (my sense from working with this group is that we do this intuitively and naturally anyway, but now are under pressure not to let things fall through the cracks).  ‘Integral Collective Intelligence’ could be a key approach for making sure that this field of research and practice truly encompasses all quadrants and all significant approaches, and enables them to come together more effectively into a liberating ecology. We don’t need to use this language specifically, but perhaps hold the intention and employ the useful mappings and methodologies.  

As we’re mapping the landscape, where do the various efforts and CI projects land in terms of an integral map?  Of course, everything has elements mutually arising in all quadrants, but we can relatively safety assume that MIT brings tremendous strength from the right hand quadrants. Many others will dominantly bring strengths from the left hand quadrants.  It seems that systematically creating synergies and awareness of the breadth of these various CI practices and projects and research will be part of the work of this gathering and soft launch...  And, hopefully, we can bring in this integral mapping without using the Wilbereze that turns so many people off!