![]() ![]() Henry Timms is president and CEO of the 92nd Street Y, a visiting fellow at Stanford, and co-founder of #GivingTuesday, an international day of philanthropy. Jeremy Heimans is a lifelong activist and the co-founder and CEO of Purpose, an organization that builds and supports social movements around the world. The battle between old and new power is determining who governs us, how we work, and even how we think and feel. It works like a current, not a currency-and it is most forceful when it surges. Warren/Associated Press Once upon a time, power was held in the hands of a small. It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. Ap276 The concepts binding successful new social movements are clear, emotional and concrete. But our ubiquitous connectivity makes possible a different kind of power. This "old power" was out of reach for the vast majority of people. Why do some leap ahead while others fall behind in our chaotic, connected age? In New Power, Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms confront the biggest stories of our time-the rise of mega-platforms like Facebook and Uber the out-of-nowhere victories of Obama and Trump the unexpected emergence of movements like #MeToo-and reveal what's really behind them: the rise of "new power."įor most of human history, the rules of power were clear: power was something to be seized and then jealously guarded. ![]()
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