(1377) COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE AND COLLECTIVE ACTION: IMPLEMENTING A NEW SYSTEMS SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMME

摘要

Collective intelligence which results in intelligent collective action can be a powerful force for change;;we have the power and potential to achieve many goals through the application of collectiveintelligence that we could never achieve individually. At the same time, our collective intelligence israrely optimized and in spite of collaborative efforts to tackle a range of problems throughout our time,we find ourselves in a time of social crisis characterized by economic and environmental turmoil, war,crime, poverty, chronic disease, mental illness and social disengagement. Experience to date showsus how imperfectly we deal with these problems. Collective intelligence and collective action are oftenimpeded by three interdependent human limitations: poor critical thinking skills, no clear methodologyto facilitate group coherence, consensus design, and collective action;;and limited computationalcapacities. These limitations need to be addressed if the power of collective intelligence and collectiveaction is to be fully realized. We seek to address these limitations by proposing a new strategy forsystems science education. This involves embedding a new systems science tool within a newsystems science curriculum. The software tool we have developed integrates three thought structuringtechnologies: Argument Mapping (AM) for critical thinking, Interactive Management (IM) for systemdesign, and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) for mathematical modeling. The research agendaand preliminary research findings we present in this paper build upon the framework for systemsscience, collective intelligence, and collective action developed by John Warfield, past president of theInternational Society for the Systems Sciences.