![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a phenomenon every nonprofit and foundation leader needs to understand and that I believe has particular applicability to the much discussed - and fraught - power dynamic between grant makers and grantees. It describes a fundamental shift in the way people get things done in an age in which our devices connect us wherever we go - and in which expectations for participation and engagement are high, especially among millennials. Their rich and deeply researched book - filled with business, government, and nonprofit examples - is called New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World - and How to Make It Work for You. closed, inaccessible, and leader-driven,” operating “like a currency.” ![]() New power, they argue, operates “like a current and, like water or electricity, it’s most forceful when it surges.” Contrast that with “old power,” which is “held by few. ![]() But all are highlighted in an important new book by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms for their ability to harness what the authors have dubbed “new power” - a power that is “made by many. Black Lives Matter, the ice-bucket challenge, the National Rifle Association, and ISIS don’t, at first glance, appear to have much in common. ![]()
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