21St Century Leadership to Fight the Code Red for Business

Twenty-First-Century Leadership to Fight the Code Red for Business aims to equip a cadre of leaders with the tools they need to stop using fossil fuels for energy electricity and transport to reduce their carbon footprint. Inspired by 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari the book offers an important addition to the canon of literature for leaders who want to cultivate a sustainability mindset. In straightforward prose the author outlines what’s at stake amid the climate crisis and the social physical and economic calamities that will follow if leaders don’t act. The book also highlights three disruptors—technology geopolitics and governance—that need strategic action. The four key traits that set apart a twenty-first-century leader include: • an appreciation for mobilizing science as part of business strategy; • an urgent need to make an impact on the code red for business; • a sustainability mindset that prioritizes the planet and people over profit; • a willingness to embed the Twenty-First-Century Board Leadership Model in the business’s agenda. We can either ignore science as the nineteenth-century-mindset leaders have done by making profit their foremost priority or become relevant twenty-first-century science-led sustainability-mindset leaders dedicated to saving the planet.