Thank you for this, Mats, challenging us to see destruction as a necessary part of renewal, freeing up financial, human, and natural resources for the next creative cycle. I used to summarize Ray Anderson’s restless innovation with a simple phrase: businesses must innovate or liquidate. It’s another powerful parallel between business and nature, the only sustainably developing system we know.

The challenge, of course, is who bears the cost of that destruction. Capital is often well protected, with armies of accountants and lawyers. But workers, communities, and ecosystems too often absorb the damage alone. If we want lasting prosperity, we need to evolve how we balance innovation with responsibility.

There’s always a better way, one that aligns entrepreneurial energy with shared value creation, so no one is left behind in capitalism’s winter season.