The New Book “Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&As” Chapter 1 Introduction The Digital Board’s Composition Inquiries ~ Future of CIO

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The New Book “Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&As” Chapter 1 Introduction The Digital Board’s Composition Inquiries

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The high-performing board shows the ability and openness to question itself and its decisions and discussion.

Contemporary boards play the crucial directorial role in business strategy oversight, performance monitoring, business advising, and policy setting. The boardroom composition will directly impact how they lead and which tone they will set for the entire organization to follow. The question is whether there are enough people with proficient skills and expertise to do the job in the heat of today’s boardroom facing business uncertainty, rapid changes, continuous digital disruptions, and unprecedented competition. Here is a set of digital boardroom composition inquiries.

Does the board have “Common Sense”? What are the greatest barriers to build and maintain a high-performing board?
What tends to be the biggest gaps and “blind spots” in achieving and maintain the right board composition?
Which steps is your board taking to position itself for the future?
How do you define diversity and embrace inclusiveness?
What do you see as the most important types of diversity in terms of filling decision blind spots at the boardroom?
How can the corporate board set the tone for encouraging innovation and digital transformation?
How willing are directors to make ways for new directors when fresh skills and diversified experiences more closely aligned to the digital strategy are called for?
What personal traits are important in digital directors and how will these contribute to the overall performance of the digital board?
How will new board members be assessed to determine digital “FIt” with the desired boardroom culture?
Generally, what tends to be the biggest gaps and “blind spots” to close in achieving and maintaining the right board composition and improve the board maturity?