The Monthly “Digital Boardroom” Book Tuning: Inspire Board Leadership & Changeability Nov. 2020

Corporate boards should leverage multidimensional lenses to provide an “outside-in” view of the organization and steer the business in the right direction. 

Modern corporate boards play significant roles in guiding businesses in the right direction and achieve expected business results. Due to the “VUCA” characteristics -Complexity, Uncertainty, Ambiguity, and Velocity of the Digital Era, the directorship in any organization must have the agility to adapt to changes and build abilities to advise, inspire and motivate a group of people toward accomplishing shared visions and goals. 

Here are the multiple perspectives of shaping a strategic boardroom with digital acumen.

Inspire Board Leadership & Changeability

Inspire Board Leadership & Changeability The digital era upon us means the exponential growth of information, the increasing speed of change, continuous disruptions, and fierce competition. Digital transformation means to break down the past and lead toward the future with a quantum leap. However, many BoDs are undereducated about their role and responsibility while the business change is accelerated across global scope and the knowledge life cycle is shortened significantly.

Knowledge Professionals’ Digital Competencies With the exponential growth of information and a dynamic business environment, today’s digital professionals are innovative workers, hard workers, knowledge workers, and intelligent workers who are exploring, innovating, and evolving bringing new digital paradigms. Knowledge professionals are intellectually curious, with a strong desire to learn and expand their horizons. Here is a set of knowledge professionals’ digital competencies.

Ultra-Modern Corporate Board with Three “Digital Powers” Due to the complexity, uncertainty, ambiguity, and volatility of the digital era, the directorship in any organization must envision the future boldly and influence changes proactively. There are quite clear processes for the interaction between management and the board; oversight, supervision, development, and mentoring of management, typically at the higher executive levels.

Inquisitive Board as Strategic Explorer Due to the “VUCA” characteristics of business dynamic, overloading information, and continuous disruptions as the new normal of business expansion, corporate boards should leverage multidimensional lenses to provide an “outside-in” view of the organization and steer the business in the right direction. Analogically, the corporate board's role is about pulling management out of the trees to see the forest. They see the development of strategy as a collective effort between themselves and management, rather than a question of “us versus them.” The corporate board represents ownership, acts as an inquisitive explorer, and they really cannot do a good job if they don't have the knowledge to ask profound questions, challenges and sets broad strategic goals, as well as takes logical steps in practicing GRC disciplines effortlessly.

Navigating Strategy via Inquiries Navigating strategy takes strategy and asking the right sets of strategic questions as well, as business becomes more dynamic than ever, strategy making shouldn't be just annual events, business executives need to continue reviewing and revise strategy accordingly. Building the right set of questions in navigating strategy and execution is next practice for business executives.

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The "Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&As" Introduction

The "Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&As" Chapter 1 Introduction: The Digital Board's Composition Inquiries

The "Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&As" Chapter II Introduction: The Digital Board's Digital Inquiries

The "Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&As": Chapter III Introduction: The Digital Board's Strategy Inquiries

The "Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&As" Chapter IV Introduction: The Digital Board's IT Inquiries

The "Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&As" Chapter V Introduction: The Digital Board's Leadership Inquiries

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