Column: Hawaii’s relationship economy is our edge in the age of AI

In Hawaii, business is almost always intertwined with personal; we value relationships above transactions. The client you’re meeting this week may well be your child’s soccer coach, your kumu hula, or a coworker’s brother. This interconnectedness and relational aspect of our community is more than a charming sidenote — it’s our uniquely human way of doing business in Hawaii and it’s a distinctive form of economics. Trust capital, built and strengthened through human relationships, lowers the cost of doing business, and it’s something the rest of the world can’t easily copy.

See the original article at: Honolulu Star-Advertiser