Alan Briskin is an American sociologist. He is an

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. After graduating from

Goddard College Goddard College is a progressive education private liberal arts low-residency college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle, Washington. The college offers undergraduate and gra ...

in 1974, Briskin earned an M.A. and PhD in

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from the

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in 1984. He has since published or contributed to several books on the concepts of "soul" and "spirit" in

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, and on the rôle of collective wisdom in the work environment, and has discussed anger among employees. He is an advisor to the Goi Peace Foundation in Tokyo. ''Daily Miracles'', co-authored with Jan Boller, won an

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"Book of the Year Award" in the category "public interest and creative works", and was chosen as the President's Pick by the

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Books

*''The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace'', Jossey-Bass (1996), Berrett-Koehler (1998) *''Bringing Your Soul to Work: An Everyday Practice, Berrett-Koehler (2000)'' ith co-author Cheryl Peppers*''Centered on the Edge: Mapping a Field of Collective Intelligence and Spiritual Wisdom'' (2001) ith co-author Sheryl Erickson*''Daily Miracles: Stories and Practices of Humanity and Excellence in Health Care,

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, Honor Society of Nursing'' (2006) ith co-author Jan Boller, RN, PhD*''The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective Folly'', Berrett-Koehler (2009) ith co-authors Sheryl Erickson, John Ott, Tom Callanan*''Deep Dialogue: Harvesting Collective Wisdom in The Transforming Leader: New Approaches to Leadership for the Twenty-First Century'', edited by Carol Pearson, Berret-Koehler (2012)

References

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