Anyone watching Silicon Valley companies lately knows that for every disruptive breakthrough that redefines a market can turn around and disrupt their own growth if no one is paying attention. Uber’s absentee board for much of Kalanick’s tenure is one example. The litany of privacy concerns and questions now plaguing Facebook is another.
Not long ago I heard a story at a board colleague’s retirement dinner that made me smile. At the retirement dinner for a in late 1984 the staffs of both the National League of Women Voters and the National Football League were busy going about their respective businesses. Unbeknownst to them, their worlds were about to collide.
Last week we moved our final boxes into the new offices in downtown Nashville. There’s a buzz in the air and it feels like Spring will come early this year. 2018 is full of possibility. This spring we'll be publishing articles and resources to support board directors in doing great work, falling in love with their work again, and reclaiming the freedom to think.
