The phrase Collective Intelligence (CI) has a good long history, but it can also become confused with similar terms that have very different meanings. CI is indicative of three primary cores:
1) data-information-knowledge;
2) software-hardware-orgware; and
3) experts (those with new insights as well as recognized authorities)
The interaction of these cores results in amplifications that allow new information to emerge during critical decision making periods.
Perhaps the most important aspect of Collective Intelligence is emergence. Understood within, say Assemblage Theory, emergence indicates that there are components or properties of the collective that are not reducible to the components of the collective. Emergence marks the idea that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts.
According to Pierre Levy, Collective Intelligence “Is a form of universally distributed intelligence, constantly enhanced, coordinated in real time, and resulting in the effective mobilization of skills. I’ll add the following indispensable characteristic to this definition: The basis and goal of collective intelligence is mutual recognition and enrichment of individuals rather than the cult of fetishized or hypostatized communities.” (Pierre Lévy, Collective intelligence: Mankind’s Emerging World in Cyberspace, 1994, p. 13) Collective Intelligence is aimed at elevating and strengthening every individual within the assemblage. Like the different cells in a flower, each cell type is more healthy and robust as a result of the efforts and functions of the other cell types.
We are going to be publishing more on Collective Intelligence and the role it has played in our designing of MeetingSift and the suite of interactive tools that we are offering. As a part of an ongoing series on what Collective Intelligence is, and what it can do for your team, department, and company, we will be exploring different aspects of collective intelligence through the lens of the MeetingSift platform.
LEVERAGE COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE WITH MEETINGSIFT
The basic principle behind both meetings and collective intelligence is that by engaging multiple contributors to share what information they have can result in a much greater amount of knowledge than the sum of all the individual pieces of information.
Using MeetingSift can help turn a meeting room into a space much more open to the flow of information and ideas between group members, regardless of the number of participants and their status.
MeetingSift's easy to use collaboration platform for meetings helps you run more productive meetings, with higher engagement, better decision making, and more consistent follow up.
