What if the greatest risk to achieving the SDGs is not a lack of ambition—but a failure to prepare leaders with the responsibility, courage, and systems thinking required to navigate a world in a constant transition?

With less than five years to 2030, progress on the Sustainable Development Goals is stalling—and in some areas reversing. At the same time, a growing disconnect has emerged between education systems, workforce readiness, and the leadership capabilities required to navigate today’s economic, social, and environmental complexity.

This session, convened by UN Global Compact and its education arm Principles for Responsible Management Education, brings together leaders from business, academia, civil society, and philanthropy to explore how responsible leadership can be accelerated across education and beyond. Hosted at TPC House, the conversation positions education not as a pipeline problem—but as a systems challenge.

Through practical examples and cross-sector perspectives, the session examines how responsible leadership principles can be embedded across institutions, industries, and societies—bridging the gap between values and action. The dialogue moves beyond curriculum reform to ask how business, universities, families, and global institutions can co-create learning ecosystems that prepare leaders capable of stewarding complexity, accountability, and long-term value creation in a rapidly changing world.