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Posts tagged Corporate Governance
The AI Risks Are Becoming Clear. Can Your Board See How They Reach the Company?

AI risk may already be on your board’s agenda. But can directors see where it is actually entering the business—through vendor software, employee use, consequential decisions, or even the analysis reaching the board itself? This article uses an illustrative BoardPulse assessment to show how an adequate overall result can conceal a load-bearing weakness, where CEOs and directors may be working from different pictures, and how the findings can be translated into practical next steps before adoption outpaces oversight.

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The CEO Can Champion the Next Business. Can the Organization Build It?

A CEO can champion a promising new business, but sponsorship alone does not make venture building an organizational capability. McKinsey’s latest research identifies the leadership, capital, culture, and governance new ventures require. This article takes the question one step further: can those conditions survive competing priorities, financial pressure, or a change in leadership? For executives and CVC leaders, the answer may determine whether a venture scales or remains dependent on whoever is protecting it.

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Governance Drift: The Risks Boards Don't See Until They Become Outcomes

A frozen lake can appear solid right up until the moment it breaks.

Organizations are often no different. Most governance failures don't begin with a crisis. They begin with subtle shifts that remain hidden while performance is still strong.

The strongest boards don't wait for red flags. They look for early signs of governance drift before drift becomes governance debt and debt becomes consequence.

Because organizations rarely break all at once. They drift there first.

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