"an extraordinarily insightful and powerful analysis of what it takes to lead change and to make a difference in society. drawing on his own experiences around the world, kahane uses his skills of acute observation and honest self-reflection to figure out how to effect deep and lasting social change-starting with oneself."
-fields wicker-miurin, cofounder, leaders' quest
"bringing 'power' and 'love' together in resolving the most intractable social problems is not only unusual, it may also seem unreal. adam kahane makes it radically mandatory."
-njabulo ndebele, former vice-chancellor, university of cape town, and author of fine lines from the box
"adam kahane is a change agent of the first order. his welcome and timely book will help readers refocus and strengthen their commitment and ability to effect much-needed community and societal change."
-mari fitzduff, professor and director, masters program in coexistence and conflict, brandeis university
"this book is written with great insight and revealing honesty. adam is a wonderful storyteller, grounds his thinking in reality, and in this book gives us a path to making a lasting difference in the world."
-peter block, author of stewardship, the answer to how is yes, and community
"power and love should be read and reread by anyone seriously committed to addressing tough problems."
-morris rosenberg, deputy minister of health, government of canada
"a timely book that contains clear lessons about how, why, and when systemic, participatory, and generative interventions, aimed at shaping the future, work or fail."
-angela wilkinson, director of scenario planning and futures research, institute for science, innovation, and society, university of oxford
"effective and sustainable responses to global health challenges require business, government, and civil society to work together in partnership-but such partnerships do not easily deliver win-win-win outcomes. kahane's thoughtful and grounded reflections on his own experiences of success and failure show us the way."
-paulus m. verschuren, senior director, global health partnerships, unilever
"as leaders in the private, public, and social sectors, we all struggle to navigate tensions. adam kahane points out that the polarity of power versus love underpins them all. as long as we approach this polarity with an 'either-or' filter, we will remain stuck; only when we embrace it as an 'and' can we breathe life into change. kahane shows us how to embody this 'and' and so to lead effectively and gracefully."
-zafer achi, managing director, middle east, mckinsey & company
"international conflict is commonly understood by governments through the lens of realpolitik. the limitations of such a strategic analysis of power is that it does not recognize the power of human motivation. adam kahane's wise and insightful book addresses this by integrating the concepts of love and power."
-gabrielle rifkind, director, human security in the middle east programme, oxford research group
"kahane addresses the often-neglected need to create alternative social structures in situations where power, competition, and self-interest continue even after deeply entrenched disputes have been 'settled' through conflict resolution and negotiation. reflective and practical: a must-read."
-charles villa-vicencio, former national research director, south african truth and reconciliation commission
"this is not a book about simple solutions to complex problems; it is the tale of a twenty-year pilgrimage, one man's courageous journey into the unknown, a willingness to take on some of the world's most complex and seemingly intractable problems, at the same time working on one's own intractability. power and love is the antidote to resignation; it is about the hope and possibility that comes from committing oneself to making a difference in the world."
-barry oshry, author of seeing systems and leading systems
"in the four decades since martin luther king's death, change agents across the world have sought to ground themselves in his powerful and loving practice. adam kahane's book is a journey and a road map to that practice."
-michel gelobter, ceo, cooler, and former president, redefining progress
"adam's courageous exploration of his struggle with the paradoxes of power and love invites us into our own exploration of this crucial tension. our capacity to deal with our toughest social challenges-even our survival as a species-depends on our learning to work skillfully with these two fundamental drives."
-phil cass, ceo, columbus medical association
"based on his firsthand experiences working with leaders-from across sectors, organizations, and communities, around the world-who are dealing with tough problems, kahane's beautifully written book offers a jewel of wisdom to those who want to effect profound social change: learn to speak both the language of power and the language of love."
-elena diez pinto, executive director, soros foundation-guatemala, and former executive director, vision guatemala
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