October 2018
Beginner to intermediate
224 pages
4h 29m
English
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CHAPTER 9Advice for boards and directors
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
Pericles
The bulk of this book has focused on the leaders of the pre-digital incumbent. Now we must address the resulting recommendations for boards and directors who will oversee your company’s digital transformation from a strategic level. Without board-level support, the digital agenda won’t take priority, and could even fall by the wayside entirely. To guide the change, directors need to understand the implications of digital for their organisation, and begin to share this with the executive team and the wider organisation.
The board plays a pivotal role: to help your company get ahead of digital disruption — not just anticipate it, but lead it and help accelerate change — and remain competitive. This chapter will provide you with solutions to ensure your board is engaged to accelerate change. We’ll show you how to secure the support of your board, appoint digital experts, encourage diversity and fresh thinking, and address technology risk management at board level.
Secure support from the board
Board members must embrace the digital transformation of their business. This requires education complemented by hard facts. The truth is that the status quo must be challenged. With that in mind, here are three steps you need to take to secure the board’s support for a digital transformation.
MAKE YOUR CASE
The chairman should ...
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