THE WORLD HAS CHANGED. YOU NEED A NEW PLAYBOOK.
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CHANGEMAKER PLAYBOOK: The New Physics of Leadership in a World of Explosive Change
CHANGEMAKER PLAYBOOK: The New Physics of Leadership in a World of Explosive Change by Henry De Sio (Nicholas Brealey, March 30, 2021) is the definitive leadership handbook for individuals and organizations in our world of dynamic, disruptive change.
Rooted in empathy-based ethics and co-creative teamwork, CHANGEMAKER PLAYBOOK is the new playbook for a transformed strategic landscape in which change is the only constant, broken down into three sections:
The New Game—Our one-leader-at-a-time past has given way to a present reality where everyone has the potential to lead in every aspect of life, creating the imperative for a new playbook for commanding a world of explosive change;
What You Need to Know to Play—The new premium today is the capacity for creating empathy-driven change by tearing down walls and bringing people together around the unique challenges and opportunities of our time;
Framework Change—The new organizational framework requires systems and ways of working that value dignity over status and everyone as a full contributor, while also preparing our young people uniquely for today’s complex world.
CHANGEMAKER PLAYBOOK shares lessons learned from leading changemakers in business, social entrepreneurship, media and education. It is the much-needed guide for thriving and confidently commanding this new game defined by explosive change.
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What People Are Saying
“Changemaker Playbook is filled with stories of everyday changemakers who have the courage to act on their empathy. This book is a true blueprint for how we rise above our differences, come together, and fix real problems.”
— Van Jones, CNN political contributor, host of The Van Jones Show, and best-selling author
“Changemaker Playbook offers a new game plan on leadership that everyone needs for a world in which change is the only constant.”
— Pete Souza, #1 New York Times best-selling author, former Chief Official White House Photographer for President Obama
“De Sio’s examination of leading and emerging innovators in business, civil society, education, media, and other fields offers both a framework of understanding and invaluable advice to thrive in this world—and change it for the better.”
— David Bornstein, best-selling author of “How to Change the World”, New York Times columnist
“As a student leader, ours is the generation that will lead us into the new, complex, ever-changing game. Changemaker Playbook is an essential tool that every student leader needs to read in order to thrive and excel in this elaborate world we live in today.”
— Anna Counihan, student body vice president at University of Minnesota Duluth and student leader at the National Campus Leadership Council
“Change and disruption define our present and foreseeable business operating climate. Changemaker Playbook offers readers a leadership- paradigm-shifting and thought-provoking way forward to achieving successful business engagement.”
— Ertharin Cousin, former US Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World
“Henry De Sio understands and unearths an essential truth in his latest book: empowering everyone as a leader is what the modern workforce demands and what solving the big problems of the day requires. This is a must-read for anyone thinking about how to build flourishing teams and leaders.”
— Eric Waldo, executive director at Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher initiative
“Forty years ago, it would have been hard to imagine the possibilities of this transformed landscape. We have the ability to command and create in once unimaginable ways and to solve problems once deemed unsolvable.”
— Henry De Sio
Meet the Author
Hon. Henry F. De Sio, Jr. is known as the global ambassador for changemakers. A leadership advisor, campaign and organizational strategist, and keynote speaker, he has served as the executive of both startups and large, complex organizations. As the 2008 Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and then serving as Deputy Assistant to the President in the Obama White House, De Sio came to be intimately acquainted with a new emerging pattern of societal change. He has since followed his campaign-driven passion for hope and change to make changemaking a global phenomenon.
De Sio has engaged with the world’s leading social and business entrepreneurs, and he has brought the powerful framework of new leadership and team-of-teams organization described in Changemaker Playbook to board rooms, newsrooms, community forums, university institutions, and governmental halls all over the world.
Get in touch.
Press Contact: Pamela Peterson, pamela@cavehenricks.com
Email Henry: changemaker@changemakerplaybook.com