January 28, 2022
Responding to disruption will never be optional, but successful directors should realize that disrupting for the greater good has now become mandatory.
December 16, 2020
Oversight of risk has long been an important role of directors. Boards and executives alike are identifying greater complexity, citing political instability, legal and regulatory constraints, local product safety and environmental laws, tax regulations, local labour laws, trade policies, and currency regulations.
April 14, 2020
Whatever the industry, boards have a crucial role to play as management teams navigate this global crisis. By now, most companies are past the initial stage of reacting and have taken action too. Depending on the nature of your business, responsive actions will vary considerably.
March 13, 2020
Businesses leaders are often sure about what they need; sometimes they are right. The best leaders have ways to check themselves and especially, their assumptions. They know that ignoring risks, even those that are vague, seem small or unlikely to cause harm, can be deadly.
March 4, 2020
We live near the Canadian Rockies, so we have several friends who are very good alpine skiers. Recently I was talking with one of them who has skied since he was a toddler. He recanted two funny stories in which he lost a ski...
October 5, 2019
A private equity firm decided to grow a retail company by buying another in the same business...
