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The Future of Board Effectiveness: Why Traditional Governance Models Are Becoming Obsolete
Executive Summary Here's a number that should stop any director in their tracks. In PwC's 2025 survey of US public company directors, 55% said at least one of their own colleagues should be replaced. That's the first time a majority has admitted it out loud. The problem with board effectiveness today isn't that boards are corrupt or lazy. It's that the whole model they're built on was designed to fight the last war. Traditional governance models were engineered after the big


Chief Trust Officer: Why Boards Now Need Someone Who Owns Trust in the AI Era
Here's a situation I'd bet is playing out in some company you know, right now. The website says "We never misuse your data." Big font, friendly blue. Meanwhile the new customer chatbot, which a vendor set up in about three weeks, is saving every chat. Where do those logs go? Nobody's checked. Marketing doesn't know. Security never got asked. Legal signed off on the contract, but nobody showed them the product. Is anyone lying? Honestly, no. In a way it's worse than lying, bec


Key Issues for Boards in 2026: Governance, AI, and Regulatory Change
If you speak to directors privately, not during the official meeting but afterwards, over coffee or in the corridor, you’ll hear something interesting. It’s not panic. It’s not even fear. It’s uncertainty. Not the usual kind. Not the “markets are volatile” kind. Boards have handled that for decades. This is different. The uncertainty now is about understanding what exactly they are responsible for in a world that keeps rewriting the rules. The key issues for boards in 2026 ar


How Boards Can Evaluate and Strengthen C-Suite Cohesion to De-risk Strategy Execution
In the current business world, every board want smooth plan flow, fast decision action, and less trouble when big change starts. Many firms make a strong strategy, but the whole thing breaks when senior leaders fight, hide issues, or pull the team in a random direction. Because of this, boards try to understand how unity inside the top group helps De-risk Strategy Execution . A small gap in trust or clarity can push a huge delay, so this topic becomes very important for every


The WeWork Collapse: Governance Failures, Founder Control & Lessons Learned
WeWork's explosive trajectory and collapse is one of the most captivating tales in the start-up world—a casebook history of a company...

World Development Corporation Directors’ Institute - World Council of Directors
Jul 10, 20258 min read


Leadership Shake-up at IndusInd Bank: Deputy CEO Resigns Amid Major Accounting Lapses
A recent development in banking industry has sent shockwaves across India’s banking and corporate governance landscape, IndusInd Bank,...

World Development Corporation Directors’ Institute - World Council of Directors
Jun 24, 20257 min read
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