The idea in one sentence
Relational Technology™ is technology designed to strengthen human relationships, agency, knowledge and trust, with a cube on which any AI decision can be placed.
Four pillars
The framework says what the field covers:
- AI
- Personal and organizational knowledge management
- Self-sovereign identity and data principles
- Engagement: business strategy and marketing
Three boundaries
Every AI choice can be placed on three boundaries, and each one is a question.
| Boundary | The question | The positions |
|---|---|---|
| Relational | Who is it shared with? | Private → Intra-Public (Shared) → Public |
| Environmental | Where does it run, and where does the data live? | Local → Hybrid → Cloud |
| Sovereign | How much control do you keep? | Full → Partial → None |
A placement is then weighed against three vectors, each read as low, medium or high: relative trust, relative costs and relative risks. Relative matters: they are weighed for the case at hand, against the alternatives. That weighing is what turns a placement into a decision.
Under the cube sit the foundation layers every decision rests on: knowledge management and identity systems at the personal, organizational and public levels (POPKMIS), and the context and conditions in which the decision is made.
Start from the sovereign zone
The front-left-bottom corner of the cube (private, local, full sovereignty) is the sovereign zone. Start there, and move out only when you choose to. Moving out should be a decision with reasons, never a default.
Use it
- State the use case in one sentence: what task, on what material, for whom.
- Relational: who will see the input and the output? Only me, my team, or anyone?
- Environmental: where will it run, and where will the material live while it runs?
- Sovereign: who owns and controls the tool, the data and the identity involved? What happens if the provider changes its terms?
- Weigh trust, cost and risk for that placement, relative to the alternatives.
- Decide, and defend the decision. If it leaves the sovereign zone, say what you gave up and what you got for it.
Points people get wrong
- The cube is not a ranking. Public cloud AI is not “bad” and local AI is not “good”. The cube shows what a choice costs and risks.
- The boundaries are independent. A tool can be private and in the cloud, or shared and local.
- Sovereignty is about control, not location. Where something runs does not settle who controls it.
Where it shows up
Relational Technology Architecture is the spine of the AI Leadership Program: each unit adds a dimension to the cube. Praxamark™ applies it per task, letting the reader choose where each AI job runs.