"adam's solving tough problems helped me understand that all of our pressing problems-be they strategic issues inside a company or societal challenges like conflict, poverty, or climate change-require that those with a stake and the power to act come together in open dialogue to create a joint diagnosis and a deep commitment to moving forward together. in power and love, adam goes further and deeper, into the kind of leadership that it takes to do this."
-ravi venkatesan, chairman, microsoft india
"it isn't either-or; it's both-and. in this deceptively brief and clearly written book, adam kahane takes us through his own learning process to a way of acting in and on the world that is both effective and caring. intelligent, insightful, satisfying-and inspiring."
-mary catherine bateson, author of composing a life and willing to learn
"kahane is a master practitioner and thinker who knows the highs and lows of solving some of the toughest problems of social discord. power and love is both instructive and inspiring."
-patrick dodson, winner of the sydney peace prize and founding chairman, council for aboriginal reconciliation
"this book is a must-read for business leaders who are coming to recognize that to continue to thrive, business must join forces with interest groups, communities, and government to address the wicked sustainability challenges of our time. kahane shows us how."
-diane osgood, vice president, business for social responsibility
"the cynical side of me says that adam kahane is unique and that it's his personality and presence that enable him to overcome conflict and create constructive resolutions to stalemates in business and society. but the hopeful side says that yes he is special but that his ideas-which he explains so ably in power and love-can be used by others. he writes not from theory but from experience-and draws out the lessons from a lifetime of fostering constructive engagement to deal with the toughest challenges."
-esther dyson, founder, edventure holdings
"this is a superb book: wise and thoughtful."
-w. brian arthur, external professor, santa fe institute, and author of the nature of technology
"if we are to move forward on the many challenges humanity faces, only through a symbiosis of power and love can we enable the social change we need, that both unifies and is sufficiently creative. this book offers a glimpse of what a new praxis of creative collective action might look like."
-ged davis, former managing director, world economic forum, and former vice president, royal dutch shell
"reconciling extremes is the challenge of our time. sharing insights born from working in the trenches of the world's toughest social problems, adam kahane calls for the extraordinary measure of embracing the wholeness of our power and our love: the hard and soft in us all. by illuminating this 'uncommon way,' kahane's message joins the stream of the world's most profound and enduring strategic views."
-james gimian, publisher, shambhala sun, and coauthor of the rules of victory
"mahatma gandhi's life was the unfolding of the deep truth of the need to change oneself if one wants to change the world. hence his autobiography was titled my experiments with truth. adam's story of his engagements with people in many countries, whom he was called to help in their efforts to change their worlds, is an account of his own realization of gandhi's insight. an honest and beautifully told story."
-arun maira, member, planning commission of the government of india
"in this evocative and beautifully written narrative, adam kahane shares his own journey toward a deeper and more life-affirming understanding of the relationship between love and power-both in ourselves and in the systems we work with. his real-life stories and the lessons they reveal are compelling for all of us who work with complex issues involving multiple stakeholders."
-juanita brown, cofounder, the world cafe
"this is a courageous book. too few of us who frequent the halls of power are willing to acknowledge the power of love. not adam. in this delicate and sensible book, we see a necessary dialectic, an uneasy partnership of power and love that is essential to solving the problems we face."
-jay ogilvy, dean, presidio graduate school, and cofounder, global business network
"this is a remarkable book. kahane fuses his real experience and earned wisdom into a clear new lens through which social change practitioners and theorists can better see how expressions-and shadows-of love and power shape the outcomes of their efforts to solve complex social problems."
-ross mcmillan, president, tides canada
"from climate disruption to health care, from poverty to war, the range of seemingly intractable crises we face today is enough to cause despair in even the most hopeful. yet these are the kinds of problems that adam kahane has grappled with around the world. in power and love, kahane uses these experiences to explore why success in the face of complex challenges requires not just a new understanding of the problems but a new understanding of ourselves."
-jamais cascio, cofounder,
"adam kahane has mined more than two decades of practice to create a brave, concise, compelling reflection about the mistakes he has made, the lessons he has learned, and the hard-earned theory that now guides his work. power and love has a humility that is becoming and a depth that is inspiring."
-katherine fulton, president, monitor institute
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