New Power - Why outsiders are winning, institutions are failing, and how the rest of us can keep up in the age of mass participation - Grand Format

How anyone can persuade, mobilize, and succeed in our chaotic connected world. For most of human history the rules of power were clear : power was something to be seized, and then jealously guarded. Under this 'Old Power' the boundaries between who held power, and who was excluded from it, were clear. Now, we all sense that something has changed. Outsiders and insurgents keep on winning, while many of our most important institutions are crumbling.
From Brexit to Black Lives Matter and #MeToo ; from Corbyn to Trump ; from YouTube sensations to darker phenomena such as the emergence of ISIS - in our new hyper-connected world, ideas and movements can spread and flourish with astonishing force and speed. In New Power, two visionary thinkers, Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans, confront the biggest story of our time : how the nature of power has changed, and how this 'New Power' is already shaping who governs us, how we work, and even how we think and feel.
Drawing on examples from business, politics, popular culture and social justice, as well as case studies of organizations like Lego and TED, this groundbreaking book provides a new way of understanding the twenty-first century and the tools we need to thrive in it.