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Trend Watch: New Power v. Old Power

Power is increasingly more distributed and decentralized – both the power that electrifies our lives and the power that governs our countries and organizations — brought on by rapid shifts in technology, information flow and globalization.  I’ve been thinking about the notion of decentralized power a lot these days — from the growth of new sources of energy like solar to the shift in governing power we’re seeing in situations like Brexit and the US election.

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HBR: Understanding “New Power”

We all sense that power is shifting in the world. We see increasing political protest, a crisis in representation and governance, and upstart businesses upending traditional industries. But the nature of this shift tends to be either wildly romanticized or dangerously underestimated. The crowd is challenging traditional leadership. Here’s how to harness its energy.

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TED.com: What New Power Looks Like

We can see the power of distributed, crowd-sourced business models every day — witness Uber, Kickstarter, Airbnb. But veteran online activist Jeremy Heimans asks: When does that kind of "new power" start to work in politics? His surprising answer: Sooner than you think. It’s a bold argument about the future of politics and power; watch and see if you agree.

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Richard Branson on New Power

From “Yes we can!” to Airbnb, Kiva to Etsy… In just a matter of years, we’ve seen the digital revolution transform business, politics, media and society right across the world. But just how deep and positive is that transformation? At Davos earlier this year I took part in a panel exploring the idea that this revolution is driving a shift from ‘old’ to ‘new’ power...

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Fast Company: Uber's New Power Failure

Uber built a model network, but failed to match that excellence in values. There are lot a reasons Uber has touched a nerve with so many people recently. Upsetting their drivers, some of whom are beginning to unionize against them. Upsetting taxis drivers. Upsetting regulators. Upsetting their passengers. Upsetting women. Upsetting journalists. Many have identified a core conflict fueling this motorcade of complaint...

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World Economic Forum: Why Indonesia Really is a New Power

The new power is more diverse, more female, more southern and more eastern. It has shifted from the centre to the edges. Social media has strengthened the ability for diverse voices to be heard and to have impact. The number of Facebook users in Indonesia is expected to rise above 70 million in 2015, making it the fourth largest community worldwide on that platform alone...

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CNN // 2015's "10 Ideas of the Year": How "New Power" is Upending the Status Quo

For centuries, economic and political power in the world has been concentrated around a few gatekeepers such as politicians, publishers and CEOs. Once gained, this kind of influence is jealously guarded, as those who wield it have little incentive to invite others into their exclusive club. Such power is leader-driven and inaccessible to the average person. Think, say, the U.S. Congress. But a form of "new power" is rapidly emerging, one with the potential to mobilize millions and upend venerable institutions...

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Greenpeace Mobilisation Lab: What "New Power" Means for Campaigners

From Tahrir Square to Ferguson, from Hong Kong to Istanbul, it’s no secret that powerful protests are rapidly scaling up and drawing strength from increasingly connected populations locally and globally. As we’ve tracked here before, the barriers to entry for social impact are getting lower each day. As the supercomputers in our pockets become more affordable and tools to organise, communicate and fundraise increasingly more powerful, we’re seeing exponential growth in people-powered (and people-led) campaigns...

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NGA's New Power

If National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Director Robert Cardillo could enjoy a cold one with any historical figure, there’s a good chance the self-proclaimed “beer snob” would pick Socrates. Although Socrates is known for drinking hemlock, not hops, the ancient Greek philosopher would understand well what Cardillo touted Tuesday morning during his keynote address at GEOINT 2015: the principles of openness and inquisitiveness...

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Forbes // Dov Seidman: From Dropping Prices on Cyber Monday to Elevating Values on #GivingTuesday

Exerting power over others through discipline and rewards alone was highly effective when the sources of power were finite. Today, leaders have to shift from “command-and-control” to “connect-and-collaborate,” from exerting power over people to generating power through them. Some thoughtful people have been writing on this shift, most recently, Jeremy Heimans, CEO of Purpose, and Henry Timms, executive director of the 92nd Street Y...

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HBR: TED's Shift from Old to New Power

That TED is powerful is not in doubt – in today’s world, a TED talk may be the single best channel for delivering a new idea to a large, general-interest audience. But what seems like a quintessential “new power” player wasn’t always so. In terms of its model if not its values, TED started out relying on a very old power playbook...

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Medium: How We Make Change Is Changing

Innovation is a constant buzzword in technology circles but the leaps forward in tech have far wider implications: The way we make social change is changing. As early as the Howard Dean campaign of 2003, people were beginning to observe and theorize how technology that transforms our ability to connect to each other results in our ability to make collective impact in new ways. During the Obama presidential campaigns, a lot of attention was paid to how data fueled the strategy. Twitter was described as central to the Egyptian revolution and Arab Spring. But social movements not only take advantage of new technological tools, the process of social change mirrors advances in technology...

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RSA: Person-to-Person Social Justice - Where New and Old Power Combine

We are in an era of a profound shift in the nature of social and political power. The power structures of the twentieth century, reliant on hierarchical, technocratic methods, are weakening. New forms of collective power, some reminiscent of pre-welfare state social action, are emerging. But unlike the rise of the welfare state where these forms of social action were supplanted or superseded, old power will not be entirely eclipsed. In fact, it could be a vital element of the pursuit of a more widespread and creative sense of human agency...

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Reuven Gorsht: CEOs and Employees Want Change. So Why Isn't It Happening?

One of the things I consistently notice when speaking to employees about culture change is the finger-pointing back at senior management. I hear “They need to change” or “Management needs to change their behaviors first!”. Non-coincidentally, this exact same sentiment is shared when speaking with management. They’re saying: “Our employees don’t want to change. We have to force them to comply”. There’s no doubt that changing an organization’s culture requires both management and employees to be in it together, however, we’ve fallen too deep into the trap of “us versus them” when it comes to making the first move for change...

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Craig Newmark: What "New Power" Means for #GivingTuesday

History keeps getting itself made, and now and then, regular people get a chance at sharing power. Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms articulated this much more eloquently in Understanding “New Power." I'm pretty passionately committed to this for at least the next twenty years, have already been practicing it daily for the last twenty years. Here's my nerdly take on the thing...

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Adam Lent, City A.M. // Creaking mindsets: Why businesses are about to learn some hard lessons

Our London-based think tank the RSA calls it the unleashing of the “power to create.” Ashoka, the respected network of social entrepreneurs, describes it as an “everyone a changemaker” world. And the Belgian author Frederic Laloux has garnered enormous interest by exploring highly successful decentralised businesses. Of course, this revolution has not happened overnight. It is part of a long march away from the last century, when old power/old value institutions were widely regarded as the very essence of all that was modern...