Cardano’s Stefan Lundbergh in conversation with Margaret Heffernan about how society, businesses and governments can navigate the uncertainty that has arisen due to corona crisis and climate change. Heffernan shares her thoughts on the differences between preparing and planning, uncertainty and risk, and decision making and decision defending.

Climate change is ‘the most overpowering and tragic example of wilful blindness’, claims the successful American entrepreneur, author, management guru and TED speaker Margaret Heffernan. One of her books is entitled Wilful Blindness, which means turning a blind eye or burying your head in the sand.

Neoclassical economic theories are no longer relevant. They are the reason why the earth’s resources have been depleted so as to jeopardise the future. They have created a world in which extreme poverty abounds and the rich just get richer. That’s the contention of English economist Kate Raworth, who champions a new economy mirroring nature, in which responsible ESG policies are the norm.