Embracing the Power of the Citizen Story

"We live today in the falling apart of what I would call consumer democracy."

In this episode, New Citizenship Project co-founder and simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Citizens/Jon-Alex… author Jon Alexander talks with our CEO Lisa Witter about the need to switch from a consumer story to citizens story in politics.

He gives examples of what citizen-led governance looks like around the world and calls on politicians to work on trusting people.

Since recording this podcast, we've hired Jon as a consultant on our Democratic Innovation work.

Jon's book recommendations: Together (amazon.de/Untitled-Ece-Temelkuran/dp/0008393818) by Ece Temelkuran, Emergent Strategy (akpress.org/emergentstrategy.html) by Adrienne Marie Brown, and Citizen's Britain (amazon.com/Citizens-Britain-Radical-Agenda-199…) by Paddy Ashdown
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