New Power (book)

{{Short description|2018 non-fiction book}}

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• Jeremy Heimans
• Henry Timms

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| publisher = Doubleday

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| pub_date = April 3, 2018

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| pages = 336

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New Power is a 2018 book by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms.{{Cite news |last=Parkinson |first=Hannah Jane |date=2018-06-10 |title=New Power by Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/10/new-power-how-changing-21st-century-by-henry-timms-and-jeremy-heimans-review |access-date=2025-03-05 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712 |publisher=Tortoise Media|oclc=50230244}} It has been described by Financial Times as "an analysis of how self-organising, bottom-up movements develop"{{Cite news |last=Hill |first=Andrew |date=2018-09-14 |title=FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year — the shortlist |url=https://www.ft.com/content/cdf9d03e-b836-11e8-b3ef-799c8613f4a1 |access-date=2025-03-05 |work=Financial Times |issn=0307-1766 |oclc=60638918}} and expands on ideas previously introduced by Heimans and Timms in Harvard Business Review.{{Cite news |title=New Power |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jeremy-heimans/new-power/ |work=Kirkus Reviews |issn=1948-7428}}

The Philanthropist described New Power as "a timely and optimistic book about the possibilities for social and economic transformation offered through digital technologies".{{Cite web |last=Pearson |first=Hilary |date=2018-09-04 |title=Book Review: New Power: How Power Works in our Hyperconnected World – and How to Make It Work for You |url=https://thephilanthropist.ca/2018/09/book-review-new-power-how-power-works-in-our-hyperconnected-world-and-how-to-make-it-work-for-you/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Philanthropist |language=en-CA}} David Brooks wrote a feature about New Power in The New York Times, where he described the book as "the best window I've seen into this new world".{{Cite news |last=Brooks |first=David |author-link=David Brooks (commentator) |date=2018-04-05 |title=The New Power Structure |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/05/opinion/the-new-power-structure.html |access-date=2025-04-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} The Guardian has described New Power as "a manual on how to navigate the 21st century".{{Cite news|title=New Power author Jeremy Heimans: 'Like it or not, the old world isn't coming back'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/20/new-power-jeremy-heimans-social-media|work=The Guardian|date=April 20, 2018}} Stanford Social Innovation Review described New Power as the "road map to a new world".{{Cite web |title=Road Map to a New World |url=https://ssir.org/books/reviews/entry/road_map_to_a_new_world# |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Stanford Social Innovation Review |language=en-us |issn=1542-7099}} It was shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.