Achieving CollectiveIntelligence 

A Thinker's Guide onWhy We Need to Think Less

 Eugene Eric Kim <eekim@blueoxen.com>GEO Learning ConferenceJune 6, 2011

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Collective Intelligence

1 + 1 > 2

Could you have done this exercise as well or better by yourself?

Could you have done this exercise as well or better with five people here of your choice?

Could you have done this exercise as well or better with any five people of your choice?

How would your answers change if there were 1,000 cards?

How would your answers change if there were 1,000,000 cards?

1 + 1 > 10?

1 + 1 > 100?

1 + 1 > 1,000,000?

Reed's Law

The value of networks scales

exponentially with the size of the

network.

Brooks's Law

Adding people to a complex project

makes it take longer.

NetworkPotential

NetworkFriction

We Want Reed to Win!

Certainty Predictability

Wicked Problems

The most important capability in a collectively intelligent system is its ability to learn and improve

What role could philanthropy play to harness collective intelligence for social impact?

Is philanthropy maximizing its own collective intelligence?

Vision

Is there alignment around a shared vision?

Vision

Is there alignment around a shared vision?

Is there visible feedback of progress towards the vision?

Space

Is there shared, delightful space in which to connect and work?

Space

Is there shared, delightful space in which to connect and work?

Is the space designed to encourage emergence?

Practice

Are there rapid feedback loops of action and learning?

Practice

Are there rapid feedback loops of action and learning?

Is the collective adapting quickly and skillfully to change?

Philanthropists as Funders

Many of the structural challenges with philanthropy are aresult of a funder's worldview.

Philanthropists as Change Agents

Your most powerful tools are your knowledge and your power to convene.

Money as Currency

Money as Currency

Knowledge as Currency

Knowledge as Currency

How aggressively are you giving away your knowledge?

  

How aggressively are you giving away your knowledge?

   What's stopping you?

It takes courage to act in the face of structural resistance.

My Ask

Aggressively practice giving away your knowledge.

http://packard-foundation-oe.wikispaces.com/

Be bold!

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kathleen Enright and her staff at GEO for their invitation to speak and their willingness to play! Thanks to Kristin Cobble, Eugene Chan, and H. Jessica Kim for their critical feedback.

Many thanks to Amy Wong <http://wordsdesign.com/> for her delightful illustrations!

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