(For a glimpse into insights from our first cohort... click here.)
We warmly invite you to Weavers of Coherence, an immersive retreat designed to explore the profound interplay of AI and Collective Intelligence. Set against the serene backdrop of the Californian countryside from April 17 - 20, this retreat invites us to uncover how AI can be aligned with the principles of emergent, self-organizing systems to foster collaboration, coherence, and innovation. Together, we’ll investigate how collective intelligence can shape the trajectory of AI and, in turn, how AI can amplify the innate wisdom of interconnected human systems and beyond.
This retreat is an opportunity to meet, align, and gain wisdom that transcends individual perspectives. Through structured group exercises, fireside-style talks, somatic experiences, and open inquiry, we aim to create a dynamic space for deep listening, shared insight, and emergent creativity. Participants will leave equipped with tools and practices to create solutions from a place of collective wisdom and deep internal alignment.
Our intention is to shift engagement with technology from one of fragmented urgency to one of aligned, informed, and resonant collaboration. Together, we will explore what drives our individual biases, examining how interconnected intelligence can inform and transform the evolution of AI and humanity in a manner that goes beyond the sum of our individual selves. This process is deeply reflective of how we treat our inner and outer worlds, as well as the systems we create to support them.
The retreat will be led by three facilitators with over seven and a half decades of combined experience in transformational practices, collective intelligence methodologies, and pioneering work in AI and living systems, including founders and lead facilitators of the Luminous Awareness Institute, and the current head of AI/ML Strategy and Research Collaboration at Google X.
Facilitator biographies can be found here.
April 17, 2 PM - April 20, 2 PM
Day 1: Relationship to Self
We begin by turning inward, examining the fundamentals of embodying self-awareness and its significance in our interaction with AI and the collective field. Through practices such as self inquiry, biocognition, and resonance-based techniques, we’ll uncover the intelligence of the body as an anchor for alignment, improving our ability to receive and analyze information via a deeper connection between mind and body. This day establishes the foundation for inhabiting our whole selves as contributors to a larger, interconnected intelligence.
Day 2: Inter-being and the Collective Field
Building on day one, we turn to exploring relational dynamics, examining the intricate web of relationships with one another and with AI from a collective worldview. Through experiential collaborative practices, we learn first-hand how to embody the humanity we wish to impart to AI. As we evolve how we relate to the world as a human collective, we move toward lasting, grounded solutions around how AI and humans can interact in creating a more regenerative and thriving future.
Day 3: Collective Discovery
This day centers on accessing the frontier of emergent intelligence. Together as a cohort, we create a space for collective discovery, where new insights and understandings are born from the interplay of the known and the unknown. Engaging in practices that emphasize presence, mutual respect, and our ability to track group resonance, we explore the interplay between human creativity and AI systems. As we embark on a shared journey towards a sustainable human-AI future, we aim to solidify our insights into actionable wisdom around creating regenerative, win-for-all designs.
Day 4: Harvesting Insights and Catalyzing Change
Our concluding day is devoted to turning our insights into tangible, collaborative actions that can be implemented in our personal and professional lives. Together, we’ll synthesize the emergent wisdom into transferable frameworks for guiding AI and collective intelligence within organizations, teams, and systems. This is a time for cross-pollination, sharing our visions, and aligning on inspired steps forward, moving past short-sighted reactivity into long-term, aligned solutions. Participants will leave with clarity and tools to nurture collective intelligence in their own spheres of influence, fostering symbiotic relationships between humanity and AI.
This retreat promises a profound inquiry of how we can collectively guide the relationship between our world, AI, and humanity for generations to come.
Our cohort is formed with discernment for how each member adds to the whole. This is an intentionally curated group of high impact individuals who are poised to deeply listen together and learn together. Cohort commitments are non refundable after March 17, 2025.
Our core intention is to create a curated cohort of visionary minds dedicated to exploring the synergy between AI and collective intelligence. We begin by meeting people where they are. Through the raw power of the beginner’s mind, we aim to support this intentional gathering to attain clarity on how to show up within themselves, with each other, with the field, and with integration into a human-AI future.
Our goal is to nurture a space where technology and humanity can coalesce in emergent futures, guided by the wisdom of the collective self. There's so much to be learned when receiving the gift of wisdom from another field; AI and Sustainability are ripe for such mutual support and insight.
We aim to:
Participants will carry forward:
This retreat offers a profound exploration of how the fields of AI and Collective Intelligence can mutually inform and support each other, with emergent results under Chatham house rules. We believe that your presence and contributions will be invaluable to the collective exploration and the insights that will arise. You’ll leave with a toolkit of practices that you can weave into your projects, ideas, and relationships–with AI, the world, and beyond.
We are excited to welcome you to Braveheart Ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains. More details on the container coming soon!
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