Board series: The Board Chair of 2026: From strategy steward to enterprise risk integrator
As corporate complexity multiplies into 2026, the board chair will have to grapple with the upheaval on the corporate landscape. Historically centered on governance stewardship, strategic guidance, and CEO partnership, the chair is increasingly becoming the architect of enterprise risk governance and – in real-time – the chief navigator for continuous strategic revision. With regulatory […]
Board series: Markets moving faster than board skills – Facing the hard reality of AI, ESG, supply chain, and cyber
In the next decade, the most competitive companies will be governed not by the most prestigious resumes, but by boards engineered for complexity. U.S. boardrooms are re-skilling under pressure from four converging forces: (i) AI deployment and risk, (ii) supply chain and ESG regulation that reaches deep into suppliers, (iii) increasing geopolitical tensions, and (iv) […]
Board series: The state of the global energy transition – What the close of 2025 signals for 2026
Large multinationals are moving from pledges to procurement and projects — locking in long-dated clean power contracts, electrifying heat and fleets, re-tooling supply chains, and backing carbon removal. More broadly, the global energy transition to renewable technologies remains intact, but uneven. Global energy investment will reach $3.3 trillion USD in 2025, with $2.2 trillion being […]
Board series: Self-driving supply chains – How AI is reshaping multinational operations for resilience, agility, and profitability
Geopolitical volatility, shifting trade policies, and rising tariffs are redefining supply chain risk. More than ever, agility and transparency raise to the top of board and management’s priorities. Generative artificial intelligence offers powerful tools—predictive insights, scenario modeling, and real-time visibility—that can help enterprises anticipate shocks, ensure compliance, and sustain continuity. Moreover, agentic AI will allow […]
Board series: From oversight to exposure — Mitigating personal risks for corporate directors
In an era defined by mounting regulatory scrutiny and intensifying stakeholder activism, corporate directors are increasingly vulnerable to litigation. What began as a risk primarily managed at the enterprise level has evolved into personal legal exposure — especially for directors of large multinationals navigating cybercrime, Sustainability and ESG commitments, broadening regulatory reporting requirements, and geopolitical […]
Board series: Cyber threats to energy – From downtime to shareholder impact
Cyber threats to energy infrastructure pose existential risks to businesses and critical systems alike. With ransomware and state-sponsored cyberattacks on the rise in 2025, decentralized grids and a digitized backbone create a growing web of complex vulnerabilities. Demonstratively, the number of susceptible points to cyber-energy attacks in U.S. electrical networks increases by ~60 per day. […]
Board series: Corporate diplomacy in the age of economic warfare
Economic warfare isn’t hypothetical—it spans commodity blockades, cyber coercion, financial retaliation, and increasingly violent tensions in a multi-polar global landscape. Boards must proactively integrate such threat vectors into strategic oversight by stress-testing scenarios, building financial and cyber resilience, diversifying supply chains, and cultivating agile governance. Through AI-assisted readiness and improved intelligence, boards can better decode […]
Board series: The Kitchen Sink Committee – AI, Cyber, ESG, and, now, tariffs. Are Audit Committees ready?
Audit committees have long been the mandated nexus of corporate financial reporting, internal controls, and risk management. Even though these committees face a full slate of topical oversight and compliance – financial, internal audit, AI, cyber, ESG, Sustainability, DEI – 2025 has also brought forward a new suite of risks. Namely, trade and tariffs, supply […]
The CEO confidence gap – How can boards step up in a context of global uncertainty?
With multinational businesses stretched by intensifying geopolitical conflict, macroeconomic shocks, and global trade tensions, CEOs will need expert counsel from their corporate boards more than ever. Yet, new data shows that only one-third of CEOs say they are highly confident in their board’s ability to help them navigate the challenges facing their organization. What’s missing? […]
2025 Energy outlook – preparing for a turbulent year
Central to the health of the domestic and global economy, business executives have a responsibility to understand the dynamic energy landscape both in the U.S. and globally. 2025 will bring tensions of oversupply, price increases, deregulation, and restructured incentives for renewables. This will lay on top of an already complex web of geopolitical conflict, tariffs, […]
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