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Leadership That Lasts

Building Sustainable Value in a Changing World

This eBook brings together insights, practices, and perspectives from global leaders and experts on navigating complexity, technology, and sustainability. It explores how leadership, AI, and systems thinking shape decisions and drive lasting impact across people, planet, and profit.

Summary

Leadership That Lasts brings together perspectives from global leaders, experts, and practitioners on navigating complexity in a rapidly changing world.

As technology accelerates and sustainability expectations rise, leaders must make decisions that balance impact across people, planet, and profit. This eBook explores how leadership judgment, governance, and systems thinking shape long-term value.

Across its chapters, contributors examine how AI is transforming decision-making, serving as a lens to reveal trade-offs, clarify system-level consequences, and amplify leadership impact.

From reframing sustainability to scaling impact across ecosystems, the collection offers a holistic view of how organizations can build resilience and create sustainable value.

How to cite:
Leadership That Lasts: Building Sustainable Value in a Changing World (2026).
What's Inside
Reframing Sustainability in an Era of Disruption
Reframes sustainability and shows how AI helps leaders design for long-term, integrated value.
From Strategic Intent to Execution
Explores how strategy and governance enable scalable AI adoption and lasting impact.
Leadership, Judgment, and the Human Dimension
Examines how AI enables action while human judgment and culture shape responsible decisions.
Scaling Impact Through Systems Thinking and Ecosystems
Unpacks how ecosystems and partnerships enable organizations to tackle complex sustainability challenges.
Toward the Next Horizon
Considers emerging challenges and how leaders can shape a future where technology drives lasting impact.

Voices Behind the Insights

“The future is not just technological—it is ethical, relational, and regenerative. Let’s lead it that way.”

Joel Carboni
Founder & President, Green Project Management (GPM)


“The future belongs to leaders who operationalize AI with purpose, accountability, and a relentless focus on sustainable value creation.”

Andrea Ruotolo
President, Global Council for Responsible AI (Canada)

Contributing Authors

  • Andrew Winston
  • Alessandro Lanteri
  • Andrea Ruotolo
  • Brian Evergreen
  • Emil Andersson
  • Fernanda Torre
  • Hamilton Mann
  • Jean-Baptiste Perrin
  • Joel Carboni
  • Jörg Schreiner
  • Joti Balani
  • José Parra Moyano
  • Janka Krings-Klebe
  • Liselotte Hägertz Engstam
  • Lloyd Skinner
  • Mark Esposito
  • Michael Bianchi
  • Philippe Cordier
  • Samuel Pownall
  • Simon Gosset
  • Taiwo Abraham
  • Tammy L. Madsen
  • Terence Mauri
  • Thomas H. Davenport
  • Vincent Charpiot
  • Yuliya Zhevno

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