WITH SO MANY inspiring individuals along the way who encouraged, supported, and helped shape my thinking for this book, it is difficult to know where to start. It all began before that fateful snowy day in Davos, when my partners, Simon Kingston and Hans Reus, urged me to meet with Lise Kingo—a career gamechanger for me. There would be no book without that meeting of minds.

And the team at RRA, including Amy Scissons, who has championed this book idea from the beginning, and Tom Handcock for his outstanding work with the United Nations Global Compact to develop our Sustainable Leadership blueprint. Tom, your talents for turning data and concepts into fascinating content is remarkable. Maja Hadziomerovic and Vanessa Di Matteo, your thorough research was on point, enabling some amazing exchanges with some of the world's most insightful corporate leaders. And our resident wordsmith, Susie Sell, whose patience, humor, and organization is astounding. She gave birth to this book and her daughter simultaneously! To Samantha Marshall, the collaborator/magician who crafted flowing prose from disjointed interview notes.

Not least, I would like to thank all those CEOs, CSOs, and board members, named and unnamed on these pages, who took the time to invest in the legacies of others, generously sharing their own experiences to accelerate the development of the next generation of sustainable leaders.

Finally, to the Murphy family, whose love and support has been the greatest gift in this project, matched only by a tremendous collective sense of humor. Fortis et hospitalis!