In New Power, the social visionaries Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms provide the tools for using new power to successfully spread an idea, lead a movement, or build a career in the twenty-first century.

Even old power institutions like the papacy, NASA, and LEGO have figured out how to channel new power to stage improbable reinventions. And it gives ISIS its power to propagate its brand and distribute its violence. It propelled the unlikely success of Barack Obama's 2008 campaign and the unlikelier victory of Donald Trump in 2016. New power is what fuels the rise of participatory platforms like Facebook and YouTube, peer-based services like Uber and Airbnb, and rapid-fire social movements like #BlackLivesMatter. The challenge with new power is not to hoard it but to channel it. Like water or electricity, it is most forceful when it surges. 'New power' is power made by many it is open, participatory, and peer-driven.

But our ubiquitous connectivity has made possible a new form of power, one that operates differently, like a current. Once gained, old power is jealously guarded, and the powerful spend it carefully, like currency. To get ahead or get things done, you mastered 'old power': closed, inaccessible, and leader-driven. 'For the vast majority of human history, the rules of power were clear. Two visionary thinkers and political influencers share their perspectives into how power works differently in a hyper-connected world, explaining how some of the biggest stories of the age reflect new currents of open, participatory, and peer-driven power.

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