The Democratisation Tax: Why Modern Enterprise Leaders are Evolving from Aggregators to Synthesizers
By Tariro Mutizwa
Navigating the systemic friction of decentralised C-suites now necessitates that CEOs move beyond strategic aggregation to master the discipline of active strategic...
How a Personal Board Can Accelerate Professional Growth?
By Emma Maslen
Successful leaders assemble trusted boards of advisors who broaden their perspectives, challenge thinking, and support development. Here’s how to leverage your network...
Agentic AI is Scaling Faster Than Organisations Can Govern It
By Mick Leach
Agentic AI is accelerating enterprise automation, but governance, visibility, and accountability are struggling to keep pace with rapidly scaling autonomous systems.
For most...
CEO Tenure, Succession, and the Value of the Firm
By Jerry Haar, Siddharth Upadhyay, and Vaibhav Mishra
CEO turnover has risen notably over the last decade. Globally, CEO departures across major indices are now...
Board Simulations are Key to Future-Proofing Your Business
By Shefaly M Yogendra, PhD
Board drills or simulations sharpen leadership’s ability to anticipate future challenges, react calmly to ‘black swan’ events and leverage opportunities...
Architect of Decision Sovereignty Across Finance, Law and AI
Interview with Massimiliano Ferraris
As AI moves upstream into how decisions are formed, are organizations still truly in control or simply operating within systems they no longer fully understand?
Governance expert Massimiliano Ferraris reflects on how artificial intelligence is reshaping decision-making,...
AGI as a Governance Event: From Decision Oversight to Architectural Sovereignty
By Massimiliano Ferraris
As agentic systems generate strategic options before humans deliberate, boards must evolve from supervising outcomes to designing the very conditions under which...
AI: The Boardroom’s Blind Spot
By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor
Most companies are deploying AI. Most boards can't govern it. The gap between adoption and oversight is becoming a...
Governance in an Era of Global Disorder: Why Boards Must Redesign Architecture, Not Just...
By Massimiliano Ferraris
Boards face structural instability driven by technological acceleration and geopolitical fragmentation. The primary governance vulnerability lies not in compositional diversity but in...
Gartner: Boardroom Strategies for Dominating AI Investments, Risks, and Value
By Tina Nunno
Boards increasingly see artificial intelligence as central to future shareholder value. Yet a growing gap is emerging between board ambition and operational...
What Can the Boardroom Learn from the Musician?
By Ben Hughes
This article explores what business leaders can learn from musicians, highlighting resilience, improvisation, purpose-driven work, and deep listening. Drawing parallels between the...
Making 2026 the Year of Real Governance Change: Turning Board Evaluations into Action
By Thomas Keil and Marianna Zangrillo
Most boards still treat evaluations as a compliance exercise rather than a catalyst for change and improvement. In this...
Leading Through Alignment: Turning Organizational Readiness into a Boardroom Advantage
By Deepika Chopra
AI is no longer a technology problem but a leadership test. Here, Deepika Chopra highlights leadership readiness as a measurable capability built...
The Leadership Blind Spot in AI: How Misalignment Derails Transformation and ROI
By Deepika Chopra
In the global race to unlock AI’s transformational potential, most organizations have focused on technology acquisition rather than organizational alignment—creating a critical...
Beyond the Regulatory Checkbox: Navigating Europe’s Shifting Sustainability Rules with Strategic Intent
By Jens Laue, Matthew Robinson, Monique de Ritter and Michela Coppola
As Europe recalibrates its sustainability regulations, it may seem natural for businesses to ease...
Getting Ahead of EU AI Literacy Requirements – How Businesses Can Stay Compliant and...
By Jonathan Armstrong
AI is transforming business, but the understanding of AI is not universal. Jonathan Armstrong, Partner at Punter Southall Law, outlines the new...
Importance of Trust in Business: Interview with Dr Bruno Roque Cignacco
Interview on the topic "Importance of trust in business" with Dr Bruno Roque Cignacco, the author of the book "The Art of Compassionate Business"
Trust...
Chief AI Officer, Meet Chief Sustainability Officer: A Blueprint for Collaboration
By Michael Wade and Konstantinos Trantopoulos
A new frontier of business value lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence and sustainability, where innovation meets impact...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Living with Uncertainty – The Importance of Transformation, Culture,...
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In recent years, transformation skills have gained significant importance at the...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Will AI Make the Better Business Judgement?
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In this episode of the Better Boards Podcast, Professor Katja...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: What Do Analysts Think of Boards? – An...
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In an era marked by rapid change, technological disruption, geopolitical...
Legal and Compliance Challenges in Ethical Value Chains: Mitigating Corruption and Protecting Brand Equity
By Ken D. Johnson and Dana E. Heitz
The article explores how companies can build ethical value chains by addressing corruption through legal compliance and...
Four Areas Where Boards Fall Short
By Didier Cossin and Yukie Saito
This article examines four critical governance failures in boards: risk management, strategic oversight, executive and non-executive relationships, and integrity....
The Better Boards Podcast Series: How to Lead Through Complexity
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Every year, the world's preeminent leadership advisory firm, Egon Zehnder, conducts...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: The Boardroom Awakening – Can Corporate Governance Survive the...
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The ESG narrative has become familiar but does not yet...
Neurodiversity as a Catalyst for Change in the Modern-Day Workplace
By Charlotte Roberts
Gone are the days of a ‘one-size-fits-all’ workplace, and as businesses strive to innovate and adapt, neurodiversity works as a powerful catalyst...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Being on the Board – Keeping it Simple
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Amid global uncertainty, are boardrooms needlessly complex? Is It possible...
Corporate Governance In Startups Balancing Innovation and Sustainability
By Javier Cabetas, Iván Fernández-Muñoz, Pedro Cesar Martinez-Moran, and Fernando Diez
In an increasingly complex and globalised business world, corporate governance can guide companies to...
Why Value Value?
By Tim Koller, Richard Dobbs and Bill Huyett
Most executives have figured out how to create value for shareholders through experience, observation, and intuition. They’ve...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Is Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Bad for Business?
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Recently, there has been a surge on social media stating...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Insights into the German Corporate Governance Debate – Learnings,...
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Every country has its fair share of corporate failures. Afterwards,...
The NATO Alliance: Will It Have a Future?
By Joseph Mazur
Withdrawal and isolation could avoid foreign affairs and wars, but the costs will be far higher in the long run.
Since the end...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Mastering Internal Board Evaluation
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Corporate Governance Codes worldwide state that an internal board evaluation...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: How to Get Creativity and Innovation into the Boardroom
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Many Directors have positive intentions to leverage the experiences gained...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: AI and Advanced Analytics – Delivering Value for Directors...
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With the fast-paced democratisation of AI and advanced analytics, problem-solving...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Mastering the Company Secretariat
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Managing an ever-growing agenda, Company Secretaries today face a plethora...
Do I Need a Head of AI?
By Grishma Jashapara
We already have a Head of Digital, why do I need a Head of AI - what’s the difference? How can I...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: A Balancing Act – Where Should EMEIA Boards Focus...
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Managing an ever-growing agenda, boards today face a plethora of...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Increasing Productivity Through Inclusion
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Diversity and inclusion are not evenly distributed throughout an...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: My Experience of Working with a Board for the...
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Boards can be complex structures, which can be overwhelming for...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: How can Boards Convert Sustainability from a Wish to...
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Boards have an essential role to play. When companies face...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: U.S. and U.K. – Two Countries Separated by Common...
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The playwright George Bernard Shaw once noted that England and...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: What do Board Members Need to Think About to...
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Climate change has transitioned from distant environmental concern to pressing...
Four Toxic Symptoms of Success
By Risto Siilasmaa
All companies make mistakes but success – especially huge success – can blind companies to their mistakes until it’s too late to...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Behind the Closed Doors of Tech Start-up Boards
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The board is a powerful asset for tech start-ups, with...
Resources for Managers for Better Understanding Benefits of Using Adaptive GRC
In the ever-evolving landscape of business, the concept of Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) has undergone a significant transformation, leading to the emergence...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Can Accounting Save the World and Your Company?
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As we recorded this podcast, the World Economic Forum convened...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: AI – What Questions do Directors Need to Ask?
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There is much discussion about AI, especially after the launch...
Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Companies Have Souls?
By Bill Novelli
The harshest criticism of corporate social responsibility is that companies are essentially immoral, or rather amoral. It’s said that money trumps everything,...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Leading an Effective Board
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