Swarm Leadership and the Collective Mind

Peter A. Gloor is Research Scientist at the Center for Collective Intelligence at MIT’s Sloan School of Management where he leads a project exploring Collaborative Innovation Networks. He is also Founder and Chief Creative Officer of software company galaxyadvisors, a Honorary Professor at University of Cologne, Distinguished Visiting Professor at P. Universidad Católica de Chile, and Honorary Professor at Jilin University, Changchun, China. Earlier, he was a partner with Deloitte and PwC, and a manager at UBS. He got his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Zurich and was a Post-Doc at the MIT Lab for Computer Science. In his spare time, Peter likes to work on projects bridging the digital divide, enjoy nature, and play the piano.

• 1. Introduction2. Foundations of Swarm Leadership 3. The Physical Layer: Collective Consciousness 4. The Networking Layer: COINs 5. The Signal Layer: Six Honest Signals of Collaboration 6. The Ethical Layer: Five Laws 7. The Collaboration Layer: From Homo Competitivus to Homo Collaborensis 8. Becoming a Collaborative Individual 9. Becoming a Collaborative Organization 10. Building a Collaborative Society Biography References Index

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