POWER: Why You Have More Than You Think

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Science, Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 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	Robin Sather has a secret. It's the early 2000.
0:08.2	Robin Sather has a secret.
0:12.1	It's the early 2000s and Sather is in his 50s, but every birthday and
0:16.0	Christmas since he was four years old he's asked for the same gift.
0:20.8	Legos. As Sather's gotten older, his love for the little plastic bricks hasn't faded like it does for most kids.
0:29.0	He's actually a little embarrassed about it.
0:32.0	He figures he's probably the only adult in the world who's still
0:35.6	into Legos. But as he researches old Lego models online, he starts to realize he's not alone, not even close. There's even a name for people
0:46.1	like him, A-Fols, adult fans of Lago. Over time, Sather connects to some of those A-Fols online, and the uncomfortable secret turns to pride.
0:57.0	He even takes on a leadership role as the co-founder of the Vancouver Lago Club.
1:02.0	I've done almost anything.
1:03.4	I have dinosaurs, trains, cats.
1:06.7	I'm building a dog next week.
1:08.4	Castles, giant shopping baskets. But while Robin Cader's future with LEGO feels full of possibility,
1:15.9	a Danish businessman named Keld Kirk Christensen sees dark clouds on the horizon.
1:22.0	Christensen is Legos owner and chairman. these dark clouds on the horizon.
1:23.1	Christians and his Legos owner and chairman,
1:25.3	and he's got a problem.
1:26.8	The 70-year-old company has just
1:28.2	posted its biggest loss ever.
1:30.4	The business his grandfather started
1:32.1	is at risk of going under.
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