6PART I — DIAGNOSIS
36Chapter 22 — Stewardship at the Institutional Level
7Chapter 1 — The Age of Accelerating Intelligence and Collapsing Trust
37Chapter 23 — Stewardship in Crisis
8Chapter 2 — The Four Contracts That Held the Old World Together (and Why They Dissolved)
38Chapter 24 — Stewardship in Human–AI Systems
9Chapter 3 — Why the Current Vocabulary Can’t Save the Present
39Chapter 25 — Stewardship at the Societal Level
10PART II — THE THREE‑ERA ARC: MANAGEMENT → LEADERSHIP → STEWARDSHIP
40PART VI — STEWARDSHIP IN PRACTICE
11Chapter 4 — Management: The Mechanical Age (1940s–1980s)
41Chapter 26 — The Four Irreducible Functions of Governance
12Chapter 5 — Leadership: The Human Age (1980s–2020s)
42Chapter 27 — Teams as Ecosystems, Not Org Charts
13Chapter 6 — Stewardship: The Ecosystem Age (2020s–2040s)
43Chapter 28 — Strategy as Stewardship: Choice, Sacrifice, Horizon
14Interlude — How Stewardship Differs from Adjacent Frameworks
44Chapter 29 — Crisis, Change, and the Steward’s Role
15Interlude — The Governance Map: Control → Meaning → Coherence
45Chapter 30 — Stewardship in Institutions: Governments, NGOs, Corporations
16PART III — WHY GOVERNANCE EXISTS AT ALL
46PART VII — STEWARDSHIP ACROSS DOMAINS: Chapter 31 — Stewardship in Culture, Media, and Narrative
17Chapter 7 — Humans as Coordination Animals
47PART VIII — BECOMING A STEWARD
18Chapter 8 — The Three Universal Needs at Work: Clarity, Safety, Meaning
48Chapter 32 — The Steward’s Inner Work
19Chapter 9 — Trust, Power, and Influence in a Post‑Trust World
49Chapter 33 — The Stewardship Operating Rhythm
20Interlude — A Necessary Admission
50Chapter 34 — The Stewardship Maturity Curve
21PART IV — THE TEN PILLARS OF STEWARDSHIP
51Interlude — The Weekly Stewardship Protocol
22Chapter 10 — Pillar 1: Post‑Trust Architecture
52Interlude — Before the Final Ascent
23Chapter 11 — Pillar 2: Constraint as a Virtue
53PART IX — THE NEW ERA
24Chapter 12 — Pillar 3: Nervous System Governance
54Chapter 35 — Why Stewardship Is Inevitable
25Chapter 13 — Pillar 4: Coherence as a System Property
55Chapter 36 — The Canonical Definition of Stewardship
26Chapter 14 — Pillar 5: Irreversible Clarity
56Chapter 37 — An Invitation to Stewards
27Interlude — The Limits of Clarity
57Appendix — Canonical Definitions and Principles
28Chapter 15 — Pillar 6: Integrity as Non‑Negotiable Alignment
58Author Bio
29Chapter 16 — Pillar 7: Long‑Horizon Responsibility
59Back‑Cover Copy
30Chapter 17 — Pillar 8: Signal Discernment
