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"A leading innovation expert illuminates how each of us can unlock the capacity of even our wildest ideas to make a unique contribution to the world. Most of us long to make a dent in the universe, to leave a world that's better than the one into which we're born. Until recently, the only way to pursue this goal was by joining a big company or some other institution and rise in the ranks to have enough power to do so. Meanwhile, the rest of us with new and fresh takes kept getting told our ideas were ""too weird"" or ""too wild."" In The Power of Onlyness, Nilofer Merchant offers a new pathway to make those wild ideas reality, and a model of a world in which everyone's ideas can count. Our onlyness is a spot that only we occupy-a function of our history and experience, visions and hopes. It's through our onlyness, and the new power of social media, that we connect to others who share our sense of purpose and together bring about remarkable change. Filled with accounts of ordinary people who have exploited the possibilities of this new era, The Power of Onlyness demonstrates how the power of one can be tapped into to enlist the power of many. People such as Zach Wahls, a teenager who convinced the Boy Scouts of America to include kids who were gay. Or Kimberly Bryant, who established Black Girls Code to provide young and pre-teen girls of color opportunities to learn in-demand skills in technology and computer programming. Or Jamie Heywood, who began Patients Like Me as a Web community to shift how previously incurable diseases are now getting cured. These change agents blazed their own trails because they had no map to guide them, and their stories light a path for the rest of us to realize our own most passionate ideas."

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<b>Praise for <i>11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era</i> </b> Social media is a game changer, yes, but it's only part of the larger shift of the social era, writes Nilofer Merchant, [who] sketches out the new paradigm's core principles. <b><i>--Fast Company</i> (Best Business Books of 2012)</b> A rare combination: strategic, well researched, and actionable. Nilofer Merchant helps executives see what's at stake in the connection economy. <b>--Seth Godin, author of <i>Tribes</i> and <i>Linchpin</i></b> Traditional strategy is dead. But do not fear--Nilofer Merchant shows how your organization can thrive with the new rules of the social era. Buy yourself a copy--and one for every member of your board. <b>--Charlene Li, founder, Altimeter Group; author of <i>Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead</i> and co-author of <i>Groundswell</i></b>

<b>Praise for <i>11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era</i> </b> Social media is a game changer, yes, but it s only part of the larger shift of the social era, writes Nilofer Merchant, [who] sketches out the new paradigm s core principles. <b><i> Fast Company</i> (Best Business Books of 2012)</b> A rare combination: strategic, well researched, and actionable. Nilofer Merchant helps executives see what s at stake in the connection economy. <b> Seth Godin, author of <i>Tribes</i> and <i>Linchpin</i></b> Traditional strategy is dead. But do not fear Nilofer Merchant shows how your organization can thrive with the new rules of the social era. Buy yourself a copy and one for every member of your board. <b> Charlene Li, founder, Altimeter Group; author of <i>Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead</i> and co-author of <i>Groundswell</i></b>

Praise for 11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era -Social media is a game changer, yes, but it's only part of the larger shift of the social era, writes Nilofer Merchant, [who] sketches out the new paradigm's core principles.- --Fast Company (Best Business Books of 2012) -A rare combination: strategic, well researched, and actionable. Nilofer Merchant helps executives see what's at stake in the connection economy.- --Seth Godin, author of Tribes and Linchpin -Traditional strategy is dead. But do not fear--Nilofer Merchant shows how your organization can thrive with the new rules of the social era. Buy yourself a copy--and one for every member of your board.- --Charlene Li, founder, Altimeter Group; author of Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead and co-author of Groundswell

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"Nilofer Merchant is a thought leader in business and entrepreneurship who won the Thinkers 50 Award in 2013, has written two business books on collaborative work, and was named by Fast Company one of the 25 Smartest Women on Twitter. She has been featured on Bloomberg, CNN, Mashable, Forbes.comand inThe Wall Street Journal, Marie Claire, Vogue, O- The Oprah Magazine, TheNew York Times, Financial Times, Fast Company, Fortune, and Harvard Business Review. Her 2013 TED Talk ""Sitting Is the Smoking of Our Generation,"" is one of the top 10 percent of the most viewed on that platform."

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