Leading Through Fire: Resilient Leadership for People, Planet and the Future

The world is on fire—climate, culture, economy—and yet, there are embers of something new, something better.
This book is a guide for those brave enough to lead through the flames. In an era of disruption, burnout, and complexity, leaders are being called to rise. Not by pushing harder, but by leading with more clarity, courage, and care than ever before.

Leading Through Fire: Resilient Leadership for People, Planet, and the Future is a field guide for purpose-driven leadership in uncertain times. Designed to be read over morning coffee, it's intentionally brief yet rich with insight to meet busy leaders right where they are.

Drawing from her path as an environmental scientist, CEO, and regenerative business expert, Brenna Davis shares real stories and soul-deep strategies to help you:

• Lead with clarity in times of chaos
• Reclaim purpose as a source of power
• Build teams rooted in trust, inclusion, and care
• Make values-aligned decisions, even when the stakes are high
• Stay grounded, inspired, and resilient—without burning out

Whether you're a CEO, changemaker, or community leader, Leading Through Fire will help you navigate uncertainty, root into purpose, and rise with resilience.

Praise for Leading Through Fire

“Bold, brilliant, and deceptively simple, Leading Through Fire is the book we all need as we face increasingly complex challenges. Davis offers us a clear path forward inspired by personal stories, scientific research, and global examples rooted in nature and community. After reading, I felt lighter and more joyful, affirmed in my leadership and inspired to take courageous new steps.”
— Ilsa Govan, Co-Founder of Cultures Connecting and author of What's Up With White Women?

“Brenna's book has found a way to cut through to the heart of so many of our problems, by providing a blueprint for all leaders—and aspiring ones—on how best to lead to best achieve your desired results with compassion, resilience and grace. By embracing imperfection, compassion and nature, Davis has created a pathway for so many of us to find clear, grounded, purpose-based leadership techniques to make a more positive difference in our jobs, schools, communities, and even within our own families.”
— Kevin Wilhelm, CEO, Bestselling Author, and Teacher

“Brenna Davis has written the book every values-driven leader needs right now. Leading Through Fire is equal parts inspiration, toolkit, and rally cry. With grounded wisdom and a voice that's both fierce and deeply human, Brenna names the challenges of our time without flinching—and then shows us how to lead anyway... This isn't another book about leadership theory. It's a lived manifesto for purpose, resilience, and courageous action... Highly recommend for anyone who wants to make a difference without burning out.”
— Everett Considine, Transformational Coach

About the Author

Brenna Davis is a scientist turned CEO, board leader, and author of Leading Through Fire: Resilient Leadership for People, Planet, and the Future. With a background in environmental science, business strategy, and transformational coaching, she has helped purpose-driven companies across seven industries lead with clarity and courage.

She founded Lumination Hive to support leaders and boards navigating disruption with purpose and resilience. Her work blends systems thinking, regenerative leadership, and governance models built to last.

Rooted in science and guided by soul, Brenna believes leadership is how we shape the future—through presence, pattern, and the radical power of compassion.