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The old operating assumptions are failing and the new ones haven't arrived. Gil names that in-between moment and shows leaders how to work inside it instead of waiting it out. He draws on fifty years at the front lines of business and sustainability, and on his coaching work with leaders facing exactly this. People leave with a clearer read on their own situation and practices they can use Monday morning.

AI and the climate crisis are converging, and both are testing what leadership means. Gil sorts the hype from the real stakes: where AI can speed up the transition, where it makes things worse, and which judgments it can't make for us. It's a candid look at power and responsibility, from someone who builds with AI and coaches the people deciding how to use it.

Nature has 3.8 billion years of R&D behind it. Most companies still treat it as a free input and a free dump. Gil makes the business case for giving the living world a voice in strategy, through the value it hides on the balance sheet, the risks it exposes and the designs it inspires. He's practical and provocative, with examples from companies and cities that have done it.