Why being in charge isn’t as m fun as it used to be In a networked world power is leaching from hierarchies to networks Paul Hodgkin, Patient Opinion Twitter: @paulhodgkin Acknowledgement and thanks to Naim Moses and his book ‘The End of Power: why being in charge isn’t what it used to be’
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Why being in charge isn’t as much fun as it used to be
In a networked world power is leaching from hierarchies to networks
Paul Hodgkin, Patient Opinion
Twitter: @paulhodgkin
Acknowledgement and thanks to Naim Moses and his book‘The End of Power: why being in charge isn’t what it used to be’ 2013
Power completely centralised
TyrannyNorth Korea
Power completelydiffused
Failed stateSomalia
Political and social stability,economic vitality
Space for democratic
action
From: ‘The End of Power: Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be’ Moises Naim 2013
There is a sweet point between tyrannyand chaos where civil society flourishes
But we have less than 20 years experience of these networked driversWe have yet to build the civic institutions and mechanisms that could widen the space for civil society
IMAGINE
DIFFUSE
POWER
OCCUPY THE NHSNOW!
What would an ‘Occupy the NHS’movement look like? How could the NHS react creatively to this kind of diffuse, powerfulchallenge?
What institutions do we need to build that will mean this is an opportunity not a threat?