Preparing for the future means building better cities. The world's leading expert tells us how.

From climate change, to economic adjustment, to the breakdown in political governance, the scale and complexity of threats and challenges in today's interconnected world are immense. This timely and insightful book by Judith Rodin, president of The Rockefeller Foundation, reminds us that we urgently need to build greater resilience to enable individuals, businesses, and communities to prepare for both systemic disruptions and new opportunities in the world order. -- Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation Positive, pragmatic, and powerful, Judith Rodin's The Resilience Dividend is precisely the innovative thinking we need. By focusing on the ways individuals, businesses, and communities can build a foundation for resilience, Rodin gives us a blueprint for a future where we are stronger, more adaptable, and better equipped to meet the world's greatest challenges. -- Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief, Huffington Post Media Group This book makes a compelling case, drawing on stories from countries and communities across the world, that resilience is not just a defense mechanism but a positive gain or dividend, with added value in economic and social terms. The message is timely, given the increasingly disruptive force of climate change and the need to encourage communities to respond positively. It is also a highly readable account because it relies on actual human experience. -- Mary Robinson, president of the Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice, and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change With heartbreaking stories and practical examples, Judith Rodin makes a timely and much needed contribution for creating a better world in an increasingly volatile environment. Turning volatility into advantage is a skill that leaders at all levels of any organization can use in building resilience into business models. -- Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever Judith Rodin is a world-class entrepreneurial philanthropist. In The Resilience Dividend, she brings her life's work to bear on the subject, drawing on her deep and personal experiences from around the world. She uses every tool available (including the world's most advanced technologies) to understand the urban terrain and to deploy real-world solutions. All with the goal of saving and improving human lives. -- Dr Alex Karp, cofounder and CEO, Palantir The Resilience Dividend delivers powerful proof that building resilience helps individuals, communities, and cities better recover from disasters and disruptions. Judith Rodin details connections between human, environmental, and economic systems, and offers a strategy to proactively address the threats they face. This very important book will help tackle complex challenges today and well into the future. -- Mark R. Tercek, president and CEO, The Nature Conservancy, and author of Nature's Fortune

Judith Rodin is president of the Rockefeller Foundation, a highly influential philanthropic organisation created 'to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world.' As Provost of Yale she was the first woman to serve as president of an Ivy League institution, and has been recognized as one of Forbes world's 100 most powerful women,