The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (938 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0465065694 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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He served as editor in chief of Foreign Policy, as Venezuela's trade minister, and as executive director of the World Bank.. Moisés Naím is a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an internationally syndicated columnist
Naím argues that leaders of all typespolitical, corporate, military, religious, unionface bigger, more complex problems with weaker hands than in the past.”Wall Street JournalAnalytically sophisticateda highly original, inter-disciplinary meditation on the degeneration of international power The End of Power makes a truly important contribution, persuasively portraying a compelling dynamic of change cutting across multiple game-boards of the global power matrix.&rdq
Those in power today are more constrained in what they can do with it and more at risk of losing it than ever before.In The End of Power, award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor Moisés Naím illuminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. In this accessible and captivating book, Naím offers a revolutionary look at the inevitable end of power—and shows how it will change your world.. CEO's are more constrained and have shorter tenures than their predecessors. Naím deftly covers the seismic changes underway in business, religion, education, within families, and in all matters of war and peace. Power, we know, is shifting: From West to East and North to South, from presidential palaces to public squares, from once formidable corporate behemoths to nimble startups and, slowly but surely, from men to women. But power is not merely dispersing; it is also decaying. Today, insurgent forces dismantle those barriers more quickly and easily than ever, only to find that they themselves become vulnerable in the process. Those in power retain it by erecting powerful barriers to keep challengers at bay. Examples abound in all walks of life: In 1977, eighty-nine countries were ruled by autocrats while today more than h
Insightful and compelling Mal Warwick Mark Zuckerberg hit it out of the park with this one, the first selection in his attempt to channel Oprah Winfrey with his own “book club.” The End of Power is a remarkably insightful inquiry into the limits of power in today’s wired world, when a tiny group of fanatics can upend national policy half a world away. As Naim writes, referring not just to global leadership but to corporate executive suites, established churches, and the military, “the powerful are experiencing increasingly greater limits on their powerIn the twenty-first century, power is easier to get, harder to use — and easier to lose.&rdq. Some interesting ideas Michael N. It is definitely a book to get you thinking. That being said, I feel like it maybe is a little too dedicated to the idea that power is only tending towards fracturing and cumulative dissolution. I feel that the threat of a broader consolidation of power has only become easier in the sense of the effective power.In 1950, there was only 1 nuclear power, and now there are many. That DOESN'T mean that that single nuclear power has gotten weaker, but rather that there is altogether more destructive power in play in the world. Even in 1950, it isn't as though the US could have "conquered the world" because it was the only country with nucle. Brent Mayberry said Great start, but fizzles out at the end.. I hopped on the Zuckerberg bandwagon and decided to read this book. It took me a long time to finish because although the concept is engaging (like, you mean the END of power?) the writing is not so much.Chapter Great start, but fizzles out at the end. Brent Mayberry I hopped on the Zuckerberg bandwagon and decided to read this book. It took me a long time to finish because although the concept is engaging (like, you mean the END of power?) the writing is not so much.Chapter 4 (about the More, Mobility, and Mentality Revolutions) and chapters 5 through 9 (examples of decay in different contexts) were the most enjoyable. Naím makes a good case that power, indeed, is decaying in business, the military, politics, and elsewhere.Where he lost me was in chapters 10 and 11 where he laments the decline in the political and corporate elite's ability to get what they want. And his solutions (strength. (about the More, Mobility, and Mentality Revolutions) and chapters 5 through 9 (examples of decay in different contexts) were the most enjoyable. Naím makes a good case that power, indeed, is decaying in business, the military, politics, and elsewhere.Where he lost me was in chapters 10 and 11 where he laments the decline in the political and corporate elite's ability to get what they want. And his solutions (strength