Using collective intelligence to assess the future with the Pandemic Supermind

Bachmann, Annalyn; König, Adriana; Laubacher, Robert und Kong, David (2023): Using collective intelligence to assess the future with the Pandemic Supermind. In: Boucher, Stephen; Hallin, Carina Antonia und Paulson, Lex (eds.) : The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance. Routledge international handbooks, London ; New York: Routledge. pp. 466-472

Abstract

How can we use digital technologies to formulate healthcare policy mechanisms that address the world’s critical unmet needs and anticipate potential crises with policies before they arise? In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence (CCI) leveraged two “Superminds” to combine the practice of expert-based crowdsourcing with problem-solving and scenario planning on two open-source platforms: The “Pandemic Supermind Activation” Initiative and “Trust CoLab”. Both exercises showed the importance of global asynchronous activity in policy formulation, and further highlighted the need for decision-makers to utilize these approaches to create tangible policy mechanisms before healthcare crises devastate the globe.

• Item Type: Book Section
• Faculties: Munich School of Management; Munich School of Management > Health Services Management
• Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health; 600 Technology > 650 Management and public relations
• ISBN: 978-1-032-10561-1 ; 978-1-003-21592-9 ; 978-1-032-10555-0
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Language: English