The wheel was invented around 3500 BCE. Yet it was not until the Iron Age – some 3,000–3,500 years later – that wheeled carts became widely used in what is now Sweden. To put it mildly, people had time to adapt gradually to technological progress. Today, the situation is different. Not only is technology reshaping our lives at an exponential pace; in a relatively short period, we have also been forced to confront climate change, geopolitical instability, polarization, and energy-related challenges – a so-called polycrisis. How do we, as humans, cope with the pace of change and the uncertainty it brings? Is it possible to turn this situation to our advantage? And what kind of leadership is required – within business and across society at large?
