ABOUT

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Humans need to get smarter about humanity, about the collective us.  As much as critics fret about downturns in student test scores and editorial writers decry the low emotional intelligence in public life, there is another form of intelligence that desperately needs attention.  Humanity faces problems that challenge its very existence.  The political and economic systems humans have created are not solving these problems.  We need greater Humanity Intelligence.

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Humanity Intelligence needs to grow to counterbalance the social networks and artificial intelligence technologies that are changing society.  Without greater Humanity Intelligence, the negative effects of networked technologies will continue to flourish.  A mixture of surveillance capitalism and the surveillance state will continue to fuel fear and separation.

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The Humanity Intelligence extends the principles of cognitive and emotional intelligence to define and learn this new formation of intelligence. Simply put, the task of Humanity Intelligence is to create the capacity of individuals and the human collective to embrace the universal values of dignity, equity, and compassion.  By doing so, humans can change systems, bring peace, spread prosperity, and make the earth flourish. No small task, but a possibility. Better People, Better Design, Better Planet: that is the uniqueness in our work, our goal for Humanity Intelligence.

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Humanity Intelligence starts with us: singular creatures with a set of gifts unique among animals, not a figure on the planet, but its shaper, as Jacob Bronowski writes.   We have enormous power.  We also have enormous plasticity.  We evolve and learn.

 

We create tools, both the physical kind and those behavioral routines that change how we think and feel. We design and build both local and global systems.

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