“The digital board directors need to be independent thinkers, unbiased communicators, wise advisors, flexible facilitators, and global leaders these days.”
Source: Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as
“CIOs should be at the table helping the board and executive colleagues maximize ROI and competitive advantage.”
Source: 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices
“Our faces portray the emotions our colleagues and bosses expect. We gladly show those that earn points and brilliantly hide those that do not. Nothing is real about it; it's business and we're supposed to feel okay about it for at least 60 hours per week. If you're lucky, you get used to it. You become highly-skilled at it until you're an invincible corporate giant -- king of a mountain that means very little in the end.”
Source: Centerpieces
“The diversity along with deep knowledge of the business will allow board directors to be real “thought partners” with senior management as they consider the longer-term goals beyond quarterly earnings.”
Source: Digitizing Boardroom: The Multifaceted Aspects of Digital Ready Boards
“Each functional leader owns their piece of sub-strategies, but they have to work collaboratively to ensure the cohesive strategy management.”
Source: Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as
“It's the place built out of Man's ceaseless failure to overcome himself. Out of Man's endless war against himself we build our successes as well as our failures. Making it the city of all cities most like Man himself— loneliest creation of all this very old poor earth.”
Source: Chicago: City on the Make
“A solution is nothing if the problem is not perceived.”
Source: Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as
“The high-performing board shows the ability and openness to question itself and its decisions and discussions.”
Source: Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as
“The board’s “Deep Common Sense” leads toward “Effective Judgment.”
Source: Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as
“The composition of boards should reflect approximately the profile of the company’s stakeholders, such as shareholders, employees, customers, and suppliers.”
Source: Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as