Citizens

MCKINSEY TOP 5 RECOMMENDED READ'An underground hit' – Best Politics Books Financial Times'Jon has one of the few big ideas that's easily applied' – Sam Conniff Be More Pirate'A wonderful guide to how to be human in the 21st Century' – Ece Temelkuran How to Lose a Country: the Seven Steps from Democracy to DictatorshipDescriptionCitizens opens up a new way of understanding ourselves and shows us what we must do to survive and thrive as individuals organisations and nations.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 Guardian and the National Trust. Here with the New York Timesbestselling writer Ariane Conrad he shows how history is about to enter the age of the Citizen.Because when our institutions treat people as creative empowered creatures rather than consumers everything changes.Unleashing the power of everyone equips us to face the challenges of economic insecurity climate crisis public health threats and polarisation.Citizens 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.It is the perfect pick-me-up for leaders founders elected officials – and citizens everywhere. Organise and seize the future!Reviews'Every great transformation requires a new story. A story that reveals new possibilities and points toward an optimistic alternative to the current situation. Citizens presents just such a story.' – Tim Brown Chair of IDEO and author of Change By Design'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.' – Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE Former Director General National Trust and Trustee BBC'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 Citizens 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.' - Josh Babarinde Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur'There is such a thing as an idea whose time has come. This is that idea.' – James Perry Board Member B Lab Global and Founding Partner Snowball Investment ManagementAbout the AuthorsJON ALEXANDER began his career with success in advertising winning the prestigious Big Creative Idea of the Year before making a dramatic change.Driven by a deep need to understand the impact on society of 3000 commercial messages a day he gathered three Masters degrees exploring consumerism and its alternatives from every angle.In 2014 he co-founded the New Citizenship Project to bring the resulting ideas into contact with reality. In Citizens he is ready to share them with the world.BRIAN ENO is an artist philosopher and Citizen who has played a critical part in British culture since the early 1970s. He is a deep believer in the power of ideas and the possibility of a better world.Buy the book and start reading