t’s long been recognised that when groups of people come together to solve a problem they can

become more than the sum of their parts. The ‘wisdom of the crowd’ has been acknowledged as
far back as Ancient Greece, when Aristotle noted that many unremarkable men often make better
collective judgments than great individuals.

Multiple people weighing in on a problem might intuitively seem to lead to a better outcome, but
as any manager will tell you, keeping a large team on task is not easy. However, recent advances
in artificial intelligence (AI) could make harnessing this collective wisdom much easier, making
us more effective at our jobs and better able to solve pressing social challenges.

“We know that the future of work is all about collaboration and problem solving,” says Peter
Baeck, who leads the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design at Nesta, a UK charity that funds
and promotes research into groundbreaking ideas. “One of the most obvious opportunities is
using AI to better create connections within often quite chaotic messy networks of people who
are working on a common challenge.”

t’s long been recognised that when groups of people come together to solve a problem they can
become more than the sum of their parts. The ‘wisdom of the crowd’ has been acknowledged as
far back as Ancient Greece, when Aristotle noted that many unremarkable men often make better
collective judgments than great individuals.

Multiple people weighing in on a problem might intuitively seem to lead to a better outcome, but
as any manager will tell you, keeping a large team on task is not easy. However, recent advances
in artificial intelligence (AI) could make harnessing this collective wisdom much easier, making
us more effective at our jobs and better able to solve pressing social challenges.

“We know that the future of work is all about collaboration and problem solving,” says Peter
Baeck, who leads the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design at Nesta, a UK charity that funds
and promotes research into groundbreaking ideas. “One of the most obvious opportunities is
using AI to better create connections within often quite chaotic messy networks of people who
are working on a common challenge.”

t’s long been recognised that when groups of people come together to solve a problem they can
become more than the sum of their parts. The ‘wisdom of the crowd’ has been acknowledged as
far back as Ancient Greece, when Aristotle noted that many unremarkable men often make better
collective judgments than great individuals.

Multiple people weighing in on a problem might intuitively seem to lead to a better outcome, but
as any manager will tell you, keeping a large team on task is not easy. However, recent advances
in artificial intelligence (AI) could make harnessing this collective wisdom much easier, making
us more effective at our jobs and better able to solve pressing social challenges.

“We know that the future of work is all about collaboration and problem solving,” says Peter
Baeck, who leads the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design at Nesta, a UK charity that funds
and promotes research into groundbreaking ideas. “One of the most obvious opportunities is
using AI to better create connections within often quite chaotic messy networks of people who
are working on a common challenge.”