{"product_id":"citizens-book-jon-alexander-9781912454846","title":"Citizens","description":"\u003cb\u003eMCKINSEY TOP 5 RECOMMENDED READ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''An underground hit''\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eBest Politics Books, Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e''\u003cb\u003eJon has one of the few big ideas that''s easily applied\u003c\/b\u003e'' - Sam Conniff, Be More Pirate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''A wonderful guide to how to be human in the 21st Century''\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eEce Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: the Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Description\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCitizens\u003c\/i\u003e opens up a new way of understanding ourselves and shows us what we must do to survive and thrive as individuals, organisations, and nations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Over the past decade, Jon Alexander''s consultancy, the New Citizenship Project, has helped revitalise some of Britain''s biggest organisations including the Co-op, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the National Trust. Here, with the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling writer Ariane Conrad, he shows how history is about to enter age of the Citizen.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Because when our institutions treat people as creative, empowered creatures rather than consumers, everything changes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Unleashing the power of everyone equips us to face the challenges of economic insecurity, climate crisis, public health threats, and polarisation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCitizens\u003c\/i\u003e is an upbeat handbook, full of insights, clear examples to follow, and inspiring case studies, from the slums of Kenya to the backstreets of Birmingham - and a foreword by Brian Eno.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It is the perfect pick-me-up for leaders, founders, elected officials - and citizens everywhere. Organise and seize the future!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Reviews\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ''Society is like an out of control house party - eating, drinking and consuming everything. Jon is the organiser of the campfire gathering behind the party. It''s calm and welcoming and you won''t want to leave. In \u003ci\u003eCitizens\u003c\/i\u003e, Jon and Ariane show how to leave the burning house of the Consumer Story and join the campfire that is the Citizen Story.'' - \u003ci\u003eStephen Greene, CEO of RockCorps and founding Chair of National Citizen Service UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ''The belief that every single one of us has both the potential and the desire to make the world better drives me every day, in everything I do. In \u003ci\u003eCitizens\u003c\/i\u003e, Jon shows how taking that belief as a starting point really could transform our world. This is a truly powerful book, in every sense of the word.'' - \u003ci\u003eJosh Babarinde, Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ''Every great transformation requires a new story. A story that reveals new possibilities and points toward an optimistic alternative to the current situation. \u003ci\u003eCitizens\u003c\/i\u003e presents just such a story and if we respond to its challenge we may just manage to navigate our way out of the mess we have created for ourselves.'' - \u003ci\u003eTim Brown, Chair of IDEO and author of Change By Design\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ''Jon is working with a set of ideas and tools that have the potential to change politics forever. In fact, they could change everything forever.'' - \u003ci\u003eIan Kearns, Founder and Trustee, European Leadership Network\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ''\u003ci\u003eCitizens\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful and intriguing contribution to the search for a genuinely sustainable future. I am particularly interested in how the Citizen Story might help businesses to engage more fully with their employees and customers to accelerate sustainability and might also help businesses to become more transparent and accountable.'' - \u003ci\u003eDavid Grayson, Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield University School of Management and co-author of The Sustainable Business Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ''The shift from consumer to citizen is a truly big idea. If you''re in a position of strategic influence, I strongly recommend you engage with this and consciously explore what it might mean for your organisation.'' - \u003ci\u003eDame Fiona Reynolds DBE, Former Director General, National Trust, and Trustee, BBC\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ''There is such a thing as an idea whose time has come. This is that idea.'' - \u003ci\u003eJames Perry, Board Member, B Lab Global, and Founding Partner, Snowball Investment Management\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e About the Authors\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJON ALEXANDER\u003c\/b\u003e began his career with success in advertising, winning the prestigious Big Creative Idea of the Year before making a dramatic change.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Driven by a deep need to understand the impact on society of 3,000 commercial messages a day, he gathered three Masters degrees, exploring consumerism and its alternatives from every angle.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 2014, he co-founded the New Citizenship Project to bring the resulting ideas into contact with reality. In \u003ci\u003eCitizens\u003c\/i\u003e, he is ready to share them with the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eARIANE CONRAD\u003c\/b\u003e has built a career turning big ideas into books that change the world. Known as the Book Doula, she has co-written several \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBRIAN ENO\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist, philosopher and Citizen who has played a critical part in British culture since the early 1970s. 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