现在，禁忌已经克服了。几十年来，关于性别特定行为的讨论在政治上被认为是不正确的。不再是这样的情况，因为男性优势潜伏在后台有条不紊地打折了，因此我们终于对妇女在企业中的优势有了真正的理解。

性别多样性如何在世界经济中引发急需的革命？决定，在领导层中，仍有许多障碍，仍在发达国家，例如美国，德国和日本。但是，尤其是西方社会，由于人口老龄化和高技能劳动的短缺，在设定未来的经济议程时，不能忽略自己的一半自主人才。

世界经济论坛的2013年全球性别差距报告谈到这种效果。冰岛在报告中被评为世界上最先进的国家，从性别平等角度来看，冰岛通过向公司和政府中的女性领导层开放，克服了残酷的金融危机。跟进的斯堪的纳维亚国家设法维持了强大的福利国家，并通过早期开放各级妇女参与来将其与动态经济结合在一起。

数字自言自语。研究表明，公司最高管理的性别多样性是财务和组织绩效更好的。合作，风险意识，同理心和灵活性并非完全是女性特征，除了领导层的女性比男性更频繁地展示她们。而且，越来越多的公司试图在全球市场上取得成功，假设其领导者的这些特征。

但是，仅将一两个妇女带入执行委员会是不够的。公司必须真正接受性别平等工作场所所带来的利益。我们的书《经济如何变得越来越女性化；表明，公司可以向两个性别开放文化是有意义的。这是最后一次伟大的经济冒险，这可能是所有人的盈利。

It starts with the way we think about gender with economics. Surely, it is our long history of male-dominated economic thinking that has led to gender imbalances in economic practice and business. In this model, world was a place of super rational and egoistic beings competing against each other. It was a men's world and gave men a reason to believe business was theirs to lead. For at present, economic thinking has broadened and a new generation of female economists is taking a second look at human behaviour, far from old model of homo economics. It is solving concrete, pressing problems for consumers, employees and entrepreneurs alike.

作为我们的研究的一部分,我们已经遇到了迷人的women at forefront of this economic revolution. German entrepreneurs are fighting labour unions and rigid tradition to produce a flexible workplace for men and women alike. Icelandic bankers, unlike male competitors, have thrived throughout boom and bust. American leaders for example Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg are battling a standstill in the drive towards a gender-equal economy. Norway's leaders have joined forces to set a contentiously high quota for women at the top, with surprising success.

Strong women, from IMF's Christine Lagarde to Saudi Arabia's Lubna Olayan (many of whom we first met at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos), are heroes of our book. The world needs more of them. And they, in succession, need the world's support.