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Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems: The Catalytic Power of Radical Engagement
Revolutionize Your The Power of Radical Engagement
In a world crying out for change, Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems is your guidebook for action. Adam Kahane, the best-selling author of Collaborating with the Enemy and a global authority on solving tough problems, delivers game-changing advice for anyone ready to make a difference.
This is a manifesto for world-changers. Drawing on decades of work with leaders from national and organizational presidents to front-line managers and grass-roots activists, Kahane distills seven potent habits that enable ordinary citizens to become extraordinary agents of transformation.
•Cracking open entrenched systems with simple actions
•Collaborating across deep divides to achieve the impossible
•Uncovering hidden leverage points others miss
•Persevering through setbacks with renewed purpose and energy
Through riveting real-world examples, Kahane shows how these habits have sparked revolutions, brokered peace, and reimagined societies. Now he's handing you the keys to that transformative power.
Whether you're battling climate change, reinventing healthcare, or simply trying to make your community better, this book is your essential guide. It's time to stop feeling powerless and start creating the change you want to see.
Don't just survive in a changing world—step in to transform it.
In a world crying out for change, Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems is your guidebook for action. Adam Kahane, the best-selling author of Collaborating with the Enemy and a global authority on solving tough problems, delivers game-changing advice for anyone ready to make a difference.
This is a manifesto for world-changers. Drawing on decades of work with leaders from national and organizational presidents to front-line managers and grass-roots activists, Kahane distills seven potent habits that enable ordinary citizens to become extraordinary agents of transformation.
•Cracking open entrenched systems with simple actions
•Collaborating across deep divides to achieve the impossible
•Uncovering hidden leverage points others miss
•Persevering through setbacks with renewed purpose and energy
Through riveting real-world examples, Kahane shows how these habits have sparked revolutions, brokered peace, and reimagined societies. Now he's handing you the keys to that transformative power.
Whether you're battling climate change, reinventing healthcare, or simply trying to make your community better, this book is your essential guide. It's time to stop feeling powerless and start creating the change you want to see.
Don't just survive in a changing world—step in to transform it.
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200 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 8, 2025
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About the author
Adam Kahane
20 books86 followersAdam Kahane is a Director of Reos Partners, an international social enterprise that helps people move forward together on their most important and intractable issues.
Adam is a leading organizer, designer and facilitator of processes through which business, government, and civil society leaders can work together to address such challenges. He has worked in more than fifty countries, in every part of the world, with executives and politicians, generals and guerrillas, civil servants and trade unionists, community activists and United Nations officials, clergy and artists.
Adam is a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2022 he was named a Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Thought Leader of the Year at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Adam is a leading organizer, designer and facilitator of processes through which business, government, and civil society leaders can work together to address such challenges. He has worked in more than fifty countries, in every part of the world, with executives and politicians, generals and guerrillas, civil servants and trade unionists, community activists and United Nations officials, clergy and artists.
Adam is a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2022 he was named a Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Thought Leader of the Year at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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June 3, 2025
Another inspiring book by Adam Kahane. Straight to the point ideas, provocations and suggestions for anyone who is trying to change systems and society. It somehow left me with an optimistic perspective. Highly recommended!
November 9, 2025
A timeless book for responsible & effective change
Adam brings a breath of fresh air to the literature around change.
Two things really strike me about this book. Firstly the breadth and depth of the stories from his own work and interviews from around the world with those involved in really complex, messy change. Secondly the simplicity and practicality of the seven habits.
Every person involved in change (which is all of us in reality), should read this, whether they be a leader, supporter or “recipient” of change.
As Adam states, there is no roadmap for transforming systems…begin anywhere and go everywhere, using these simple yet effective habits to support the journey.
Adam brings a breath of fresh air to the literature around change.
Two things really strike me about this book. Firstly the breadth and depth of the stories from his own work and interviews from around the world with those involved in really complex, messy change. Secondly the simplicity and practicality of the seven habits.
Every person involved in change (which is all of us in reality), should read this, whether they be a leader, supporter or “recipient” of change.
As Adam states, there is no roadmap for transforming systems…begin anywhere and go everywhere, using these simple yet effective habits to support the journey.
September 4, 2025
Read this book!
Whatever work you do, however you engage in the world, if you have any interest in leaving the world a little better than you found it read this book. Then follow Kahane’s steps for engaging in the work of changing the world one interaction at a time.
Whatever work you do, however you engage in the world, if you have any interest in leaving the world a little better than you found it read this book. Then follow Kahane’s steps for engaging in the work of changing the world one interaction at a time.
November 3, 2025
One to come back to think about how we can engage in changing the systems. I appreciated the concrete steps reviewed
June 20, 2025
I just wrapped up participating in a three week “super user” reading group for this book. I loved the opportunity to connect with likeminded people from across the world and learn from the way Adam hosts online spaces (complete with the awkward silences every great facilitator must be comfortable with).
I was most inspired by the Americans this time. Reassured to hear they are working on it all, working hard and trying to be cognizant of the negative impact the work may have on their own wellbeing. I’m thankful this world is so full of deeply dedicated, thoughtful and kind humans and that practitioners like Adam are generous enough to share their knowledge.
I was most inspired by the Americans this time. Reassured to hear they are working on it all, working hard and trying to be cognizant of the negative impact the work may have on their own wellbeing. I’m thankful this world is so full of deeply dedicated, thoughtful and kind humans and that practitioners like Adam are generous enough to share their knowledge.
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