Rob Kall - The Bottom-Up Revolution: Mastering the Emerging World of Connectivity

Kalls well-researched book integrates knowledge from philosophy to economics and ecology. He shows us how, all over the world and across many fields of endeavor, we humans are organizing new and rewarding ways of acting for the common good. His book is both idealistic and realistic and gives us a vision of what we all most needhope for the future.

MARY PIPHER, PSYCHOLOGIST, AND #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF REVIVING OPHELIA AND WRITING TO CHANGE THE WORLD

The bottom-up revolution is fueling tremendous change in politics, commerce, and how people relate to each other. Rob Kalls book The Bottom-Up Revolution provides a powerful guide to how organizations can understand and tap bottom-ups power.

CRAIG NEWMARK, FOUNDER OF CRAIGSLIST

At 350.org weve always wanted to work from the bottom up, and its good to see people assembling a theoretical framework for understanding this decentralized approach!

BILL MCKIBBEN, FOUNDER 350.ORG, AUTHOR OF THE END OF NATURE

Putting real power into the hands of voters and consumers has made bottom-up approaches massively disruptive for politics and brands. Its the present and future of politics and business. Rob Kall pulls together the wisdom and experience of some of the leading thinkers who have brought the bottom-up revolution to full bloom.

JOE TRIPPI, PIONEERING INTERNET CAMPAIGN MANAGER OF HOWARD DEAN, DIGITAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT

Rob Kall shows us that the high-tech information revolution set the stage for a political and social evolution, the connectivity of which has the capacity to transform everything, everywhere. We have only to say yes to tap [into] the power of this interconnection, participating in it from where we stand.

DENNIS KUCINICH, FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (D-OH) AND 2004 AND 2008 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATE

Just as The Tipping Point provides an explanation for big changes, Rob Kall offers a unified explanation for the magic behind the success of the biggest tech companies, the Arab Spring, Occupy, and the social media revolution An important, big picture, visionary approach weaving together technology, economics, evolution, science, and personal relationshipseven happinessto describe a wave of change as significant as the invention of the printing press that is well under waya wave that could rescue the planet from the top-down system that afflicts the planet.

THOM HARTMANN, HOST OF NATIONALLY SYNDICATED RADIO SHOW, THE THOM HARTMANN PROGRAM, SINCE 2003 AND A NIGHTLY TELEVISION SHOW, THE BIG PICTURE, SINCE 2008

Rob Kalls book offers valuable ways of seeing and powerful tools for enabling new power and connectivity to work to change the hope and promise for the future.

JEREMY HEIMANS, CEO & CO-FOUNDER OF PURPOSE AND CO-AUTHOR OF NEW POWER

Were at a paradigm-shift moment in history, where we will look back at it and realize that a particular model of how we govern our affairs together became outdated. Kall offers great alternatives and solutions that are not found in conventional governing models.

CARNE ROSS, FORMER BRITISH DIPLOMAT, STRATEGY COORDINATOR FOR THE UN, AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, THE LEADERLESS REVOLUTION

Ever growing inequality and intense and growing political distortions have radically aggravated the top-down imbalance of power, undermining democracy. Rob Kalls book is a guide to taking back humanitys shared legacy of shared responsibility. A stimulating read and an important contribution!

GAR ALPEROVITZ, AUTHOR OF WHAT THEN MUST WE DO? STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT THE NEXT AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Rob Kall is a social media force of nature. Accessible, insightful, and forward thinking. The Bottom-Up Revolution provides the kind of cutting-edge and savvy thinking that will move anyones business forward at an accelerating pace. Highly recommended.

JONATHAN MABERRY,NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, EDITOR, AND LECTURER

Bringing Rob Kall in as a consultant on making my business and its website more bottom-up was incredibly valuable. Robs out-of-the-box member registration system suggestions led to a multi-leveled engagement process designed to maximally connect clients with the company, which took the company and the website to the next level. Robs coaching in bottom-up thinking played a strong role in enabling me to sell my company for over a million dollars.

DON BROWN, FOUNDER, THE INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM (IWPC)

Rob Kalls writings on the bottom-up revolution have real potential to show people that they can hold power accountable and improve justice. A book on this subject could help to repair the economic, legal, social, and political fabric of the United States.

PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS, FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, FORMER EDITOR AND COLUMNIST FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, BUSINESS WEEK, AND SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE

Rob Kalls The Bottom-Up Revolution is a revaluation of values, not the empty mouthing of the word democracy that is so common, but the application of belief in popular wisdom to every aspect of life. Actually believing that the views of more people is better, means a new way of thinking about the world that is democratic, feminist, localist, populist, and radically richer than the elitist perspectives that are more common even in the parts of the world that shout the word democracy the most. Here we come to understand both the power of small groups and the upsides to internet crowd sourcing, the potential of nonviolent movements and ways in which the past has not been what we supposed. Dont just read this book; get lots of people to read and talk about it.

DAVID SWANSON, HOST, TALK NATION RADIO, AUTHOR OF WAR NO MORE: THE CASE FOR ABOLITION

Robs bottom-up consulting for Thought Technology over the years to help us incorporate bottom-up thinking in our business and product development has been very valuable. It is a truly disruptive technique, well worth considering, which is well explained in his book.

HAL MYERS, PHD, PRESIDENT, THOUGHT TECHNOLOGY, LTD., MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE TEN TO THE NINTH FOUNDATION (FORMERLY SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY)

Rob Kall is tapping in, exploring, assessing, and clarifying this important new way of thinking that has been influenced by the civil rights movement; womens movement; and new, more effective ways of doing business. This will be an important book that can make changes in our world.

DR. LINDA SEGER, AUTHOR OF TWELVE BOOKS, INCLUDING THE BEST-SELLING MAKING A GOOD SCRIPT GREAT, SPIRITUAL STEPS ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS AND THE BETTER WAY TO WIN

Rob Kalls book, The Bottom-Up Revolution, offers a compelling vision of a way of being in the world, bringing insights from different cultures and fields together while offering concrete steps to make the vision a reality. This is one of the rare books that, once you read it, will change the way you see the world and your relationships.

HELENA NORBERG-HODGE, AUTHOR OF ANCIENT FUTURES, PRODUCER AND CO-DIRECTOR OF THE FILM THE ECONOMICS OFHAPPINESS,