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Hive Labs helps communities and institutions rebuild who gets to decide.
Everything from the poster lives here, along with a way to keep the conversation going.
Three questions to ask about any advisory body, or institution you belong to.
Hold one structure in mind and walk through these. Most of us find at least one answer that causes discomfort.
If any answer is no, the work likely sits on the tokenism rungs of Arnstein’s Ladder of Citizen Participation (1969).
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When the people living with an issue are consulted after the problem is already framed, they end up reacting to someone else’s definition. Authority over the frame is where every later decision takes its shape.
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A seat that can only advise is easy to route around. Look for the point where the people affected can stop or redirect a decision, and ask whether anyone has ever used it.
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If the structure falls apart when its founders or funders step away, it was built around them. Durable structures plan for their own handoff from the start.
We’ll sit with your team, walk the three questions against a structure you care about, and leave you with a short written read on where authority sits today and where it could move.
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A free diagnostic for five organizations from the summit.
Take the work home, and keep in touch.
Seated at Review — what we learned building an advisory council at a public safety tech company, and where it fell short. [Download link]
The poster — the full poster as a printable PDF. [Download link]
Nathaniel McLeroy & Regina Holloway, founding partners · whatsgood@thehivelaboratory.com