If we think of intelligence as not only contained inside individual minds but as also emerging between people, then dialogue can be seen as key to collective intelligence. Traditional approaches to ...

In order to address issues ranging from climate change to developing complex technologies and curing diseases, science relies on collective intelligence, or the ability of a group to work together and ...

A new study led by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University is challenging the common assumption that video conferencing is better than audio-only communication for collaborative group activities.

Collective intelligence is on the rise—and it is, in fact, much more effective than our individual brains. That’s the main argument that neuroscientist and bestselling author Hannah Critchlow presents ...

Collective intelligence, a concept at the heart of the learning organization, is based on a group's ability to effectively combine the talents, skills and energies of its members to achieve a common ...

When collections of cells or ant colonies or human societies make decisions as a group, a kind of intelligence that surpasses any individual’s capabilities can arise. The Santa Fe Institute will host ...

The original purpose of the internet has been lost. When the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched the first online network in the late 1960s, it set the stage for a technological ...

Nonprofits and companies have a tendency to assume away uncertainty. Many are satisfied with “strategies” that are essentially just three-year budgets, without reference to the probability of the ...

Swarm intelligence is a natural step in the evolution of certain social species. It explains why ants colonize, bees swarm, fish school and birds flock. Nature has proven that when individual ...