Insight
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INSIGHT: Chief financial officer, 25 September, 2024
How to help your finance team evolve
Finance teams have a vital role to play in building sustainable businesses, and CFOs can help them step up to the challenge.
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COMMENT: Internal audit, 20 September, 2024
How internal audit can strengthen governance
The Internal Audit Code of Practice from the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors aims to restore trust in corporate governance.
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COMMENT: ESG and sustainability, 19 September, 2024
Why generalists are better at leading ESG strategy than specialists
ESG and sustainability strategy leaders need to have experience and a well-rounded appreciation of commercial imperatives.
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PODCAST: Inflation and interest rates, 12 September, 2024
Are expected US Federal Reserve interest rate cuts good news?
If the Fed reduces the headline rate, other countries will likely follow its lead, according to Board Agenda’s The Macro Memo podcast.
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INSIGHT: Board expertise, 10 September, 2024
How to navigate financial difficulties
A focus on governance and getting the right advice can help steer the board through financial uncertainty and mitigate potential liability.
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INSIGHT: Performance culture, 5 September, 2024
How to empower people to improve performance
Freedom to ‘speak up’ to the board is the cornerstone of a healthy culture that lets workers and organisations thrive.
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INSIGHT: Risk management, 27 August, 2024
Business beyond borders: mitigating geopolitical risk
As uncertainties grow, some organisations are taking a satellite view to protect their people and resources.
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INSIGHT: Leadership, 19 August, 2024
How to foster innovation
Aligning the goals of employees, managers and the board creates a productive and efficient corporate environment.
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INSIGHT: Generative AI, 9 August, 2024
What business leaders really think about generative AI
An INSEAD survey offers insights on who will benefit from AI and how attitudes to artificial intelligence differ in Europe, America and Asia.
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INSIGHT: 2024 AGM Season, 8 August, 2024
FTSE 100 sees investor approvals skyrocket
In the 2024 AGM season, for the first time in more than a decade, shareholders passed 100% of FTSE 100 management resolutions.
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INSIGHT: Risk management, 8 August, 2024
5 reasons boards might struggle with risk
Recent failures in corporate governance raise questions about boards’ approaches to identifying and managing risk.
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INSIGHT: Corporate sustainability due diligence, 7 August, 2024
Steps to a sustainable supply chain
The clock has started ticking on the implementation of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
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COMMENT: Audit reform, 5 August, 2024
A perfect storm of governance failings
The need for well-resourced independent assurance, backed by a strong audit reform and corporate governance bill, is stronger than ever.
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INSIGHT: AI governance, 5 August, 2024
Are you ready for the EU’s AI Act?
This summer’s new regulations on using artificial intelligence, including generative AI, are set to have a significant impact.
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INSIGHT: Cyber risk, 1 August, 2024
The paradox of cyber risk and business growth
Risk consensus and confidence in cybersecurity allow boards and organisations to innovate and drive the business forward.
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INSIGHT: Governance, 31 July, 2024
3 key skills questions for the auditco
Audit committees’ oversight responsibilities are growing well beyond their core role, thanks to global uncertainty and changing regulation.
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INSIGHT: Board decisions, 29 July, 2024
Do you have an intelligence mindset?
Every board director knows that smart decision making matters, yet even clever leaders often fall into the traps set by ego.
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INSIGHT: Corporate liability, 25 July, 2024
How to prepare for the new fraud law
Defending your company against failure to prevent fraud means getting ‘reasonable procedures’ in place now.
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COMMENT: AI strategy, 24 July, 2024
Boards must look to next wave of AI now
Artificial general intelligence is coming and time is of the essence: what’s your company’s strategy for 2030?
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INSIGHT: Governance, 22 July, 2024
How the UK governance code update brings business benefits
As boards gird their loins to prepare for updated UK corporate governance requirements from 2026, there’s good news too.