In a recent interview Danny Sriskandarajah said that what worries him is “the crisis of imagination … It’s almost like we’re assuming that the current institutions, whether they’re political or democratic, or in the digital world, or in the global infrastructure, they’re all the best we can do”.

After a life and a career that has spanned continents and leading organisations like Institute for Public Policy Research, Royal Commonwealth Society, Civicus, being the chief executive at Oxfam, and now the CEO of the New Economics Foundation (NEF), Danny has a wealth of experience and knowledge to firmly challenge that crisis, and has written a new book on exactly how we reclaim our power to imagine and build a better world.

On July 23rd, we’re excited to welcome him onto the podcast to talk about his new book, Power to the People. In the book he speaks to voter apathy and a growing sense that elections no longer matter, with politicians and institutions too focused on short-term issues to grapple with complex global problems such as climate change, rising inequality and digital disruption. Yet the book is also filled with inspiring real-life examples of citizen power in action, ranging from a volunteer-run repair café in Danny’s local suburb to Avaaz’s successful campaigns to tackle endemic corruption in Brazil.