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'''Aleco Christakis''', has >40 years experience in developing and testing methods for engaging stakeholders in productive dialogue. He is the author of over 100 papers on stakeholder participation, books such as '''How People Harness their Collective Wisdom''' (with Kenneth Bausch)<ref>Christakis, A.N. and Bausch, K. (2006). How People Harness Their Collective Wisdom and Power to Construct the Future in Co-Laboratories of Democracy. Information Age Publishing, Inc.</ref> and '''The Talking Point: Creating an Environment for Exploring Complex Meaning''' (with Tom Flanagan)<ref> Flanagan, T. R,, and Christakis, A. N., (2009). The Talking Point: Creating an Environment for Exploring Complex Meaning. Information Age Publishing Inc. </ref> . He is past President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (2002). He is member of the Board of the Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO), Advisor to the AIO and a advisor to the Ambassador’s leadership program for engaging tribal leaders from the USA and internationally. He travels across the globe to facilitate structured dialogues and promote the science of dialogic design. | '''Aleco Christakis''', has >40 years experience in developing and testing methods for engaging stakeholders in productive dialogue. In the late 70s he collaborated with [[Hasan Özbekhan]] and [[Erich Jantsch]] in conceptualising the original prospectus of the [[Club of Rome]], which is titled [[The Predicament of Mankind]] He is the author of over 100 papers on stakeholder participation, books such as '''How People Harness their Collective Wisdom''' (with Kenneth Bausch)<ref>Christakis, A.N. and Bausch, K. (2006). How People Harness Their Collective Wisdom and Power to Construct the Future in Co-Laboratories of Democracy. Information Age Publishing, Inc.</ref> and '''The Talking Point: Creating an Environment for Exploring Complex Meaning''' (with Tom Flanagan)<ref> Flanagan, T. R,, and Christakis, A. N., (2009). The Talking Point: Creating an Environment for Exploring Complex Meaning. Information Age Publishing Inc. </ref> . He is past President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (2002). He is member of the Board of the Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO), Advisor to the AIO and a advisor to the Ambassador’s leadership program for engaging tribal leaders from the USA and internationally. He travels across the globe to facilitate structured dialogues and promote the science of dialogic design. | ||
===Collaboration with [[Future Worlds Center]]=== | ===Collaboration with [[Future Worlds Center]]=== |