Giving Thought

Episode 24 of the Giving Thought podcast is our first ever interview! And it is a cracker. Rhod speaks to Jeremy Heimans, co-author of bestselling book "New Power".   We discussed Jeremy and his co-author Henry Timms' thesis on why the nature of power has changed in the 21st Century and what this might mean for philanthropy and civil society.   We covered a whole range of issues including: -the challenges of giving away power -the benefits and downsides of decentralisation -whether giving control to the crowd could marginalise unpopular causes -Changing organisational culture to embrace technology -Whether New Power provides a use case for blockchain -Is New Power an opportunity or a threat for existing philathropic organisations?