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Read MoreA 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.