14. Conclusion: No Time to Lose

The Sustainability Leadership Model offers a roadmap for moving from incremental to exponential change, daring business leaders to step out of their comfort zone and think boldly. There’s good reason to look toward Sweden for inspiration, where sustainability is a priority across all sectors of society and uniting to solve big challenges is a national trait. Our Expönentiality Formula helps crystallize the necessary ambition—to find your X-Factor, at a time when decisive and thoughtful leadership is needed more than ever. When we’ve exhausted the carrying capacity of the planet, and sustainability becomes the norm for business, a company that is not sustainable will not survive. No one will buy your products, no one will invest in your company, and no one will want to work for you. In thinking about next generation of leaders, our legacy should be to pay it forward, so that others will join us.