NEW POWER: How to Spread Ideas, Build Movements, and Leap Ahead

The Next Big Idea

Next Big Idea Club

Science, Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Education

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Colleges, businesses, and bureaucracies have long operated on an "old power" model — rigid hierarchies that rule from the top down. But Henry Timms says that paradigm is going extinct. In his book, "New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World — and How to Make It Work for You," Timms argues there's another force emerging. It's transparent, collaborative — and it's going to embolden all of us to change the world from the bottom up.

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0:00.0	In a new power era, you want ideas that are going to spread, right?
0:06.7	That's how they propagate.
0:07.7	If they're going to spread, you need to ask people to do something actionable.
0:11.6	I'm Rufus Griskem, and this is the next big idea.
0:15.9	Today, upbending old models of leadership and power.
0:30.0	Robin Seither has a secret.
0:44.7	It's the early 2000s, and Seither is in his 50s.
0:48.6	But every birthday in Christmas, since he was four years old, he's asked for the same gift.
0:54.4	Legos.
0:56.6	As Seither's gotten older, his love for the little plastic bricks hasn't faded like
1:00.7	it does for most kids.
1:02.8	He's actually a little embarrassed about it.
1:05.8	He figures he's probably the only adult in the world who's still into Legos.
1:11.7	But as he researches old Lego models online, he starts to realize he's not alone.
1:17.4	Not even close.
1:18.4	There's even a name for people like him, A-folds, adult fans of Lego.
1:24.5	Over time, Seither connects with some of those A-folds online, and the uncomfortable secret
1:29.0	turns to pride.
1:30.6	He even takes on a leadership role as the co-founder of the Vancouver Lego Club.
1:35.4	I've done almost anything.
1:36.9	I've dinosaurs, trains, cats, I'm building a dog next week, castles, giant shopping baskets.
1:46.0	But while Robin Seither's future with Lego feels full of possibility, a Danish businessman
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