The paper will unveil three major driving forces: an evolution of governance, design technology and a paradigm shift in epistemology of public administration as a backdrop of this transformation. Although there is a proposal to suggest think tanks, a de facto track II player as an intermediary between the governmental agencies (track I) and grassroots organizations (track III), as an important actor in policy circle should adjust itself to capture the changing phenomenon into a modern modification called Think Tank 2.0 or for short TT2.0 such as to equip itself with post-positivist research methodology, it should also consider scenario planning to be its major alternative. (Please see correspondent paper at https://www.academia.edu/43344952/Scenario_Planning_An_Instrument_for_Modern_Public_Administration
3. âThe Greeks had an appropriate term for
âThingsâ: ÏÏÎŽÎģÂĩÎąÏÎą (pragmata) â that is to say,
that which one has to do with in oneâs concernful
dealings (ÏÏáūķÎūÎđÏ: Praxis). But ontologically, the
specifically âpragmaticâ character of the ÏÏÎŽÎģÂĩÎąÏÎą
is just what the Greeks left in obscurity; they
thought of these âproximallyâ as âmere Thingsâ.
We shall call those entities which we encounter in
concern âequipmentâ. In our dealings we come
across equipment for writing, sewing, working,
transportation, measurement. The kind of Being
which equipment possesses must be exhibited.
The clue for doing this lies in our first defining
what makes an item of equipmentânamely, its
equipmentality.â (Heidegger, 1962: 96-97)
4. Three emerging trends
âĒ Epistemology: post positivism and post normal-
science
âĒ Design Technology (deliberative design)
âĒ Evolution of Governance
14. Example of scenario
schedule
âĒ Check In (Introduce yourself + your recent feeling)
âĒ Chatham house rule & regulations / group work
âĒ Deep / group meditation
âĒ Deep listening & conversation (co-sensing)
âĒ Enacting emerging futures
âĒ Check out (your conclusion)
15. Three types of scenario
plannings
âĒ Transformative Scenario Planning (both socio-
economic transformation and management
basis)
âĒ ScientiïŽc Scenario Planning
âĒ âLimited Systemâ Scenario Methodology
29. Activity #1
âĒ Find your partner
âĒ Asking about work and profession of each other
âĒ Asking how your partner see the problem
âdilemmaâ in ASEAN from his/her standpoint
36. Li, Ya. âDeliberative policy analysis: towards a methodological orientationâ, in Policy Studies, 40:5, 437-455, 2019.
37.
38. Li, Ya. "Think tank 2.0 for deliberative policy analysis," in Policy Sciences, Springer; Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 48(1),
pages 25-50, March 2015.
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42. Conclusion
âĒ TT1.0 (GEN 1 Think Tank): Policy Advocacy
âĒ TT2.0 (GEN 2 Think Tank): Scenario Planning,
Participatory and inclusive policy framework
âĒ TT3.0 (GEN 3 Think Tank): Big Data + Quantum
computing & AGI and Geopolitics