As societies become more diverse and their members more polarised, the need grows for a leadership approach that reduces discord, restores trust and bridges divides.

As JPMorgan Chase chief exectuive Jamie Dimon put it, “we need to find ways to put aside our differences … resist being ‘weaponised’ … avoid binary thinking …and [try] to understand other people’s and other voters’ points of views, even around deeply emotional topics”. And as former US president Bill Clinton said more recently, if you “spend all your time trying to settle past grievances or trying to focus on our differences instead of figuring out how to make common cause for a shared future we all want, you’re in trouble … it is a potential endless disaster”.