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

Review

Clever, witty and creative, Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans are baby-faced wunderkinds of digital activism. (Decca Aitkenhead The Guardian)

A vital book. New Power can light a flame bright enough to outshine the glinting fangs and tiki torches' (Russell Brand)

An essential lens to use when thinking about how the world has changed, how to spread ideas or start a movement, or create change (Richard Branson)

The Networked Age has revolutionized the way the public engages with institutions and organizations. New Power is an essential and extremely insightful guide for anyone who wants to maximize the opportunities for progress and impact in today's new tightly connected world. (Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and co-author of the #1 NYT bestsellers The Alliance and The Startup of You.)

Jeremy Heimans has been working to change the world from a very young age, and with remarkable impact. Here with his co-author Henry Timms he distils a lifetime of experience into a fantastic primer on how the rules of the game have changed. It’s packed with vivid examples that show how organisations as diverse the Pentagon, Uber, Kickstarters and Black Lives Matter are trying to shape our world, and gives vital insights into who will succeed. (Geoff Mulgan)

Power is shifting as never before, so New Power is addressing a vital issue for our times: how to make the voices and choices of all, not just a few, count for something. Plaudits to the authors for their determination to help shape the future. (David Milliband)

Understanding the concept of 'new power' and how that differs to 'old power' is essential for any leader in politics, business or nonprofits. This book will inform and inspire all those wanting to make change in the world today. It will help citizens to understand the power we have as individuals to influence others, and the collective power of many to achieve a goal against all odds.

(Jane Goodall PhD, DBE, Founder - the Jane Goodall institute & UN Messenger of Peace)

A wonderfully incisive contribution that not only explains how the dynamics of power are changing, but also provides the tools - and, importantly, the confidence - to harness those changes to spread our ideas and make a better world. (Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever)

If you do not understand new power, you will not fare well in the new networked world of the 21st Century. It's that simple. (Annie-Marie Slaughter, President & CEO, New America)

New Powermasterfully draws out the big battle of our times - whether all this new power will end up being used for good or bad. (Craig Newmark, founder of Craiglist)

About the Author

Henry Timms is president and CEO of 92nd Street Y, a cultural and community center that creates programs and movements that foster learning and civic engagement. Under his leadership, the 144-year-old institution was named to Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies” list. He is the co-founder of #GivingTuesday, a global philanthropic movement that engages people in close to one hundred countries that has generated hundreds of millions of dollars for good causes. He is a Visiting Fellow at Stanford PACS Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society.

Jeremy Heimans is the co-founder and CEO of Purpose, a company specializing in building social movements around the world. In 2005, he co-founded GetUp!, an Australian political organization with more members than all of Australia’s political parties combined, and he is a co-founder of the global campaigning organization Avaaz and the LGBT rights platform All Out. He is a recipient of the Ford Foundation’s 75th Anniversary Visionary Award for his work as a movement pioneer. He has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business.