New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World--and How to Make It Work for You

by Jeremy Heimans

An ACE idea: An idea designed so that the crowd will take hold of it and spread it. It is actionable because it is designed to make a user do something, connected because it makes a user feel part of a like-minded community, and extensible because it is structured with a common stem that encourages its communities to alter and extend it. Blend power: To bring together old and new power in ways that reinforce each other. Bridge: A new power change agent who can meaningfully connect with the new power world, making the practical “jumps” between old and new power. A bridge’s work is structural. A digital beard is often mistaken for a bridge, but actually provides cover for a risk-averse organization and resides on the margins of influence. Camel: A new power platform or organization that delivers economic returns that are less spectacular than those of its alter-ego the “unicorn,” but serves an important social function and can sustain investors and its community for the long term. The circle test: Asks whether the impacts of a new power platform, on those both inside its triangle and within its wider circle, are positive. Connected connectors: People who are connected to one another, share a worldview, and are influential in their reach. For a new power movement, identifying and cultivating the right connected connectors can be the difference between takeoff and fizzle. Crowd-jacking: When a campaign is separated from its original intent through the whimsy of the crowd. (Tak...