Designing Governance for Native HawaiiansReframing constitution-making and the creation of governance

University of Hawai‘i at MānoaHālau o Haumea, January 15, 2016

Richard Kaipo Lum, PhD

Vision Foresight Strategy LLC“Reframing the future.”www.visionforesightstrategy.com

richard@visionforesightstrategy.com

Mo‘o ‘Ike

Lum

James Dator

Glenn Paige

Fred Riggs

Raymond Studer

David Greene

Glen Schubert

Samuel Finer

Eric BeinhockerRichard Nelson

Richard Nelson

Hendrik Spruyt

Fernand Braudel

Stephen Jay Gould

James Rosenau

Thomas RisseStephen Krasner

Dennis WrongBertrand Russell

Jon Pierre/ B. Guy Peters

Clayton M. Christensen

Futures, political design

Co-evolution of technologies

Evolution of the State

Complexity, Future of the State

Governance w/o States

Power

History of government

Governance, Future of the State

Disruptive Innovation

Native Hawaiians have a rare opportunity

The conventional approach is out of date

We need to think about political design in new ways

Today’s Talk: The Major Points

Process matters.

A B C

THIS IS A RARE AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

HOW POLITICAL DESIGN IS DONE TODAY

What do we have today and how did we get it?

“Today we find ourselves with political systems

based on 18th century philosophy,

run with 19th century administrations,

built on 20th century technologies,

attempting to confront 21st century challenges."

Richard A. K. Lum, PhD

Lineage of Modern Governance

Athens

Rome

Middle Ages → Enlightenment

English Civil Wars

American Revolution

• Citizenship• Democracy

• “Roman” citizenship• Checks & balances• Mixed government

• Representation• Passive citizenship• The modern state• Sovereignty

• Separation of powers • Constitutions• ConCons• Federalism

Popular sovereignty,NationalismConsent of the governed…

FrenchRevolution

The Output of that Process:

Modern Government

The Blueprint for Modern Constitution-Making

The Process of Building States

Drafting

feedback

ApprovalReview Preparation

Implications of Our Political History

• Constitution document

• Tripartite government

• Elected representatives

• Passive citizenship

• A society of states

“You won’t get a 21st century design using

an 18th century process.”

Richard A. K. Lum, PhD

REFRAMING POLITICAL DESIGN

Changing the lens in order to see new things

“IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, IT IS BECOMING increasingly clear

that conventional modes of political steering by nation-states and

international regulations are not effectively dealing with global

challenges such as environmental problems, humanitarian

catastrophes, and new security threats.”

Thomas Risse. Governance Without a State: Policies and Politics in Areas of Limited Statehood

Political community

Governance vs. government

Basic imperatives

Systems vs. laws

Democracy vs. rep govt

Sovereignty

Key Concepts to (Re)consider

Prosperity

Stability

Security

Designing the Process… for Designing Governance

Drafting Review

feedback

Preparation Approval

Designing the Process… for Designing Governance

Drafting Review

feedback

Preparation Approval

AutocraticNoocraticRepresentativeDemocraticMediated

IndividualUnrepresentative groupRepresentative groupAll membersFiltered/processed

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THINGS TO CONSIDER

Current Challenges

• Climate change

• Education

• Health and wellbeing

• Crime and incarceration

Emerging Issues

• Automation of labor

• Shifting global center of gravity

• Rising global middle class

• Resource depletion

Current and Emerging Challenges

New Physical Technologies

• Mobile Devices

• Online Collaboration

• Big Data

• Digital Assistants

New Political Technologies

• Participatory Budgeting

• Mosaic Rights

• Crisis Mapping

• Sortition

New Concepts and Design Principles

• Limited Statehood

• Shared Sovereignty

• Deep Democratization

• Open Data

• Systems thinking

• Complexity

• Quantum physics

• Behavioral economics

• Neuroscience

• Environmental science

• Sustainability

• Resilience

• Transparency

• Open government

• Crowdsourcing

20th/21st Knowledge and Values

DESIGNING A PROCESS

Thinking About Process

Drafting Review

feedback

Preparation Approval

Designing the Process… for Designing Governance

Drafting Review

feedback

Preparation Approval

AutocraticNoocraticRepresentativeDemocraticMediated

IndividualUnrepresentative groupRepresentative groupAll membersFiltered/processed

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Representative Process

All of the design work is performed by the delegates within the Constitutional Convention.

Participatory Design Process

Most of the design work is conducted by the delegates in the Convention.

A select number of issues are given to the full political community to collaboratively design (which the ConConmust accept).

Democratic Process

All of the design work is performed – collaboratively – by the full political community via open design conferences and online collaboration tools.

Let’s Compare

Control Democratic Quotient

Innovation Potential

RepresentativeProcess

High Low Low

Participatory Design Process

Medium Medium Medium

Democratic Process Low High High

CONCLUSIONS

Heading off in new directions

A Moment to Be Innovative

Political Community

Process Content

This moment is about creating

There will be no better or more important time for us to be innovative