BY @ANAGA SIVARAMAKRISHNAN | 7 MIN READ | PUBLISHED ON 12.4.2024
Inspiring stories of Collective Wisdom in folds of Mother Nature
Nature, with its intricate web of life, is a great source of inspiration for collective wisdom. Honed over millions of years, these insights and patterns portray the interconnectedness and interdependence characteristics in nature. Both the plant and animal kingdom offer insights of nature working together within and beyond their community for collective wellbeing. Be it communicating through bee’s dance or plant’s chemical signals, or symbiotic relationships of organisms within the ecosystem, there is abundance of collective wisdom in play here.
Our idea and foundation of collective wisdom has been greatly shaped by the natural ecosystem around us. At Apurva.ai, we define Collective Wisdom as the collaboration of individuals and groups from different segments of society to solve a complex system problem together. Here, diverse perspectives, experiences and expertise are combined to gain a comprehensive understanding of the broader system that cannot be achieved alone. It signifies the collective understanding and decision-making capacity of the entire group. The compounding effect of blocks of intelligence leads to the emergence of collective wisdom.
Here are some favourite examples of collective wisdom from the natural ecosystem that continues to inspire us:
The natural ecosystem offers great examples of harnessing collective wisdom for survival, adaptability, acquisition and defence of resources, sharing of information,and reproductive success, all adding to the broader functioning of the ecosystem.
At Apurva.ai, collective wisdom is curated from different stakeholders across the ecosystem in the form of voices of communities, conversations and institutional knowledge. This opens the space for diverse perspectives that encourages collaborations and conversations. The emerging collective wisdom enables the ecosystem to solve complex social problems that impact at scale. Moving ahead in this path, we are in awe of collective wisdom exhibited in the natural ecosystem. We believe that there is so much to learn from these bioinspired insights on collaborative networks, innovation, social cohesion and community resilience to build better solutions and bring about more sustainable actions.