New Power Quotes

“Today, the most resonant ideas are not those that get flashed at the highest number of people but those that become individualized expressions of affiliation and identity among peers.”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“the right recipe for building an effective group is making people feel like they are part of it and that they can stand out in it.”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“it’s only really a movement if it moves without you.”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“They were raised as part of a “trophy generation,” recognized for the act of participation rather than the level of performance, getting medals and lavish praise just for completing the race. The parenting philosophy that governed their early years—build self-esteem above all—conspires to deliver the same artificial feedback loops as most social networks: persuading the individual that the ordinary moments of their lives are actually of extraordinary value. Those who enter the workplace with this mindset often find that reality bites hard. And so do their bosses.”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“But it is smarter to see these expectations as signals that the workplace has failed to create the satisfying feedback loops that have multiplied in other aspects of our lives. Research from the Young Entrepreneur Council shows that 80 percent of millennials would prefer to get feedback in “real time.” A 2014 Millennial Impact Report showed that “more than half (53%) of respondents said having their passions and talents recognized and addressed is their top reason for remaining at their current company.”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“Old power works like a currency. It is held by few. Once gained, it is jealously guarded, and the powerful have a substantial store of it to spend. It is closed, inaccessible, and leader-driven. It downloads, and it captures. New power operates differently, like a current. It is made by many. It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. It uploads, and it distributes. Like water or electricity, it’s most forceful when it surges. The goal with new power is not to hoard it but to channel it.”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“Byzantine bureaucracies requiring multiple sign-offs aren’t the right tools for storm chasing.”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“Many old power organizations will take days just to cobble together a press release. But organizations now need to be set up to move faster,”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“The future will be won by those who can spread their ideas better, faster, and more durably. In”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SOUND BITE AND A MEME DROP”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“People are less likely to be card-carrying members of organizations or to forge decades-long relationships with institutions,”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“Makers are less dependent on institutions. They figure out how to avoid the intermediaries.”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“Those with a new power mindset have an aversion, which often comes with a dollop of disdain, for the centralized bureaucratic machines that drove the old power world. They”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“Those who are building and stewarding vast platforms that run on new power”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“The future will be a battle over mobilization. The”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

“People actually begin changing behavior when [an] idea gets validated by their community, rarely when it has not.”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: Why outsiders are winning, institutions are failing, and how the rest of us can keep up in the age of mass participation

“you won’t have a calculator in your pocket all the time when you grow up.”
― Jeremy Heimans, New Power: Why outsiders are winning, institutions are failing, and how the rest of us can keep up in the age of mass participation