Hawaiʻi State Judiciary • Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution
Aloha Response Call
Speaker: Pono Shim
CEO, Oahu Economic Development Board & Gifted Storyteller
Presented in Partnership With: Conflict Resolution Alliance (CRA); Hawaiʻi State Bar Association-ADR Section; Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution; and The Mediation Center of the Pacific
Zoom Meet-up • Feb. 11, 2021 • 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
“The world will turn to Hawaii as they search for world peace because Hawaii has the key…And that key is Aloha!” –Auntie Pilahi Paki (treasured kupuna and author of the Aloha Spirit Law)
During this time of imminent change, when words like unprecedented,existential, and challenge permeate social media and news headlines, the people of Hawaiʻi must rise to a call to aloha.
Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes 5-7.5, “Aloha Spirit” obliges our leaders in state government to “contemplate and reside with the life force and give consideration to the “Aloha Spirit” which is defined as “the essence of relationships in which each person is important to every other person for collective existence.”
It is the kuleana of all residents of Hawaiʻi, and especially those of us who work in state and city and county government, policy-making, and the field of Conflict Resolution, to embrace and model this native Hawaiian working philosophy in our personal and professional lives.
Join Pono Shim in a special Zoom session where he will share his leadership philosophies that are rooted in his knowledge of aloha passed to him from Auntie Pilahi Paki.
Mr. Shim will steer participants to see the pressing social issues individuals, organizations, and communities face today, and offer participants an opportunity to exercise their aloha muscle at the core of these issues where the real work must be done.
REGISTER:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AlohaResponseCall
Inquiries? Call: CADR (808) 539-4237 or email CADR@courts.hawaii.gov
Speaker bio: Pono Shim is a gifted storyteller who is known for using illustrations to connect with his audiences. In 2009, he was asked to take over the leadership of Enterprise Honolulu (now the Oahu Economic Development Board). When Mr. Shim assumed leadership of OEDB, he deployed techniques of transforming the organization’s culture, collectively known as ADHOC (Aloha Defines Hawaii’s Organizational Culture). Today, the organization is considered an influential leadership hub in the state.
To request disability-related accommodations, call the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution at (808) 539-4237 or send inquiries to Cadr@courts.hawaii.gov. The Hawaiʻi State Judiciary does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by the speaker. Nor do the speakers’ remarks necessarily reflect the opinions of the Judiciary.
