Board Oversight
Front and Center for Boards
Core Business Drivers
- Business Strategy, Digitization, Changing Consumer
Behaviors - Organic, Inorganic Growth
- Macroeconomic Environment
- China and Trade
- Politics and Regulation
- Technology Innovation including crypto and blockchain, cloud and AI, sensors and IoT
Risk Management
- Resiliency
- Global Supply Chain
- Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Trust
Corporate Citizenship
- Environmental Impact
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Governance
- Voice and Constituency
Talent
- Remote and Hybrid Work
- Environments
- Real Estate Strategy
- Employee Wellness
- Competition and Incentive Structures
Board Effectiveness
- Governance and Leadership
- “Fit for Purpose” Board Structure
- Skills, Talent, D&I
- Succession Planning
Innovation in a Board Context
Board Composition
• Digital DNA
• Innovation Support
• Skills Mix
Board Governance
• Overnight
• Accountability
• Frameworks for Decision Making
• Policies and Guardrails
Board Oversight of Talent and Culture
• Brand
• Training and Development
• Learning Culture
• Structures and Incentives
Wisdom from the Trenches
- Digital transformation is won and lost in middle management
- Innovating is fundamentally different from building for scale
and resiliency - Adoption of technology takes much longer than the hype but
typically has greater impact than the predictions
