About CrowdocracyWe believe the next evolutionary stage in national governance is one in which we all get involved in everything. This is not only preferable it is increasingly necessary. For a start it’s naïve to think another group of experts or even randomly chosen individuals will govern better than we all could, if we were to govern ourselves collectively.CrowdocracyCROWD_067b9492-8dae-11ec-bbc9-cde80a83ea00Iman StratenusCo-Author ~ Iman Stratenus devotes his professional life to system transformations. He works as an advisor and coach to organisational leaders assisting with their personal and organisational transformations. For the past two years he has been working on unraveling and redesigning the governance system, which led him to write Crowdocracy with Dr Alan Watkins. He has also launched the Crowd Foundation, which aims to bring crowdocracy to life. Before his work on governance, Iman worked as a lawyer, management consultant and business leader across many countries. He wrote his first book in 2011 about the transformation of the company he led in China in a book called In China, We Trust. Iman lives with his wife and their crowd of five children in Portugal.Dr Alan WatkinsCo-Author ~ Alan is recognised as an international expert on leadership and human performance. Originally trained as a physician and neuroscientist he has, over the past 18 years, been a coach to many of Europe’s top business leaders as well as advising the GB squad, coaches and athletes prior to London 2012 and again in the run up to the Rio Olympics. Crowdocracy is his fifth book and the second in the Wicked and Wise book series. He wrote the first book, Wicked and Wise: How to Solve the World’s Toughest Problems, with world renowned philosopher and thinker Ken Wilber. He is the CEO of a leadership consultancy, was the sole expert on a BBC1 series ‘Temper your Temper’, frequently provides insightful views to TV and radio outlets and is a sought after international speaker. He lives with his wife and four boys in Hampshire, UK.We govern ourselves collectively_067b969a-8dae-11ec-bbc9-cde80a83ea00To enable collective governance_067b9780-8dae-11ec-bbc9-cde80a83ea00Collective GovernanceTechnologyTechnology is already enabling people to get involved in increasingly significant numbers as evidenced by the crowd engagement on sites such as Charge.org. Whilst inspiring, these crowds are subject to direction, and possibly manipulation, by unseen forces that bring the crowd’s attention to certain causes over others.Constitutional IdeologyWithout a robust system with fail-safes and a crowd sourced constitutional ideology there is effectively nothing to stop a noisy crowd being influenced for and against decisions in much the same way as powerful vested interests exert influence right now. Whilst all of us must and should get involved in finding solutions it has to be done within a robust framework that can withstand the manoeuvrings, manipulations and machinations of undue influence from all quarters. We believe crowdocracy could be that framework.GovernanceEnable everyone to contribute_067b9852-8dae-11ec-bbc9-cde80a83ea00Our vision is that one day we can all contribute our ideas of how much tax we should pay, how the collected taxes should be spent, which roads must be built and even if we should go to war or not. The process would be much more thoughtful and structured than how we currently vote to choose our country’s most talented singer. But properly structured and managed we could all decide whether we welcome immigrants or not, and how best to support those people once they arrive. This participation would also increase the legitimacy of governance, because people tend to believe in and support what they have a hand in creating.TaxationDetermine how much tax we should pay_067b99a6-8dae-11ec-bbc9-cde80a83ea001ExpendituresDetermine how the tax revenue should be spent_067b9b86-8dae-11ec-bbc9-cde80a83ea002RoadwaysDetermine which roads must be built_067b9c76-8dae-11ec-bbc9-cde80a83ea003WarDetermine whether we should go to war or not_067b9d7a-8dae-11ec-bbc9-cde80a83ea0042022-02-14http://www.crowd.ngo/crowdocracy/crowdocracy.htmlOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net