C.H.I. News relays news and research relevant to Chira Humanitarian Institute's topic areas: human-oriented, rather than technological, approaches towards a happier future. "Human oriented" includes areas of knowledge that help us as individuals or as teams: psychology, teamwork, economics, communication, and governance.

NASA finds climate catastrophe much closer than thought

Articles on Open Space and Unconferencing

Talking Chair facilitation for small groups

Indian tea company bought out by workers

Musings on authentic inclusivity

Cheryl Honey wins Jefferson Award

Word clustering for meetings

Study says cities amplify social factors

Musings on hate speech and peace

Study finds preference for wealth equality

Pecha Kucha and Solutions Twin Cities

New Canadian political party: Citizens' Assembly

Trade liberalisation may harm poor nations, UN warns

Open Source techniques used for automobile designing

Musings on nonconscious learning

First International Journal of Public Participation released

Musings on China's attitudes towards democracy

Musings on the future of American democracy

Wisdom Council convened in Victoria, Canada

Musings on civil engagement and happiness

Musings on responsible market reforms

Musings on the organisational power of conversations

Dire environmental UN report

Neurochemistry of social avoidance

Entrepreneurs tackle global problems

Sharif on the deadly consequences of arrogance

Handbook on Democratic Dialogue available

Evaluating civil deliberation efforts

Sprititual beliefs and violence

WorldBlu, transparency and workplace democracy

Leadership training in Africa to help democracy

Ability to focus improve math

Kiva microfinancing

Participatory budgeting and community councils

Arundhati Roy on the self-colonisation of India

Chilean women want civic-friendly public policies

Facilitating morally charged discussions

Wangari Maathai honoured by India

Canada to counter insurgencies with development aid

Jay Cross on informal learning

Musings on collective wisdom

Growing billionaire class

Honey Bee Network spreads innovation in India

Avoiding meetings with virtual teams

Lateral Leadership for leading without authority

Musings on teams in nature

Wisdom Council in Victoria Canada

Structured Dialogic Design for inquiry and democracy

Poorest people a $5 trillion market

Interfaith Alliance building bridges in the US

Large coordination investigates political machinations

Morality in primates

Blogs changing top-down media structure

Global capitalism without practical rivals

Musings on the proliferation of movements

Disrupted body clock causes manic symptoms

Open Innovation, Out and In

Fractional work

Two reviews of deliberative democracy books

Overgeneralised criticism of meetings

Self esteem vs. self worth

Somalialand solves its own problems

Conversation and cultural evolution

Anecdote: using stories for effective communication

Musings on miscellany vs. category

Crowdsourcing for journalism

Hormone reversal during puberty causes anxiousness

The neurology of focusing

Increasing population and agriculture hurt by climate change

Musings on confidence and leadership

Drought linked to increased violence

The financial value of our environment

Social networking and nonprofit leadership

Revitalising communities of practice

Lyubomirsky researches happiness

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Direct democracy in Latin America

Relaxation and work

Borschke: decision making and intuition

Language hinders visual memory

Social vs. Environmental problems

Exploitation and True Sharing

When to work alone

Review of The Tao Holding Space

Deliberative polling

Chile's first community newspaper

Documentary on Jewish-Arab Dialogue

UK Prime Minister accepting e-petitions

Conferences and Knowledge Cafes

Debatepedia

Service sector largest employer

Dotmocracy

OrangeBand at Universitsy of Utah

Islands "drowning" due to climate change

Cell phones help small businesses in Nairobi

Campaign for a U.N. woman's agency

Three brains and teams

Freeloading in teams

Delhi fringe economy

Open Space Technology in various settings

Bosses not asking for advice

Group Information Hygiene

A less literate work force for the US's future

Relationships and the economy

Team members and "threshold of tolerance"

Sellaband: distributed investment

Younger generations and the work environment

Climate effects of nuclear war

Happiness and satisfaction

The development of society's ethics

Right to Food website launched

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Lateral Leadership for leading without authority

Ken Thompson reviews Fisher & Sharp's book Lateral Leadership. Methods include asking good questions, inviting others to offer thoughts, modeling behaviour, providing feedback. more