“There’s lots of hype and excitement about these technologies, but I think we really need to ensure that we have the economic evidence that they’re actually a good value for the money for healthcare systems and payers.”
—Healthcare expert“We…
Precision medicine and diagnostics / Healthcare
"Data is the new oil, but we do not yet know how to value data properly … If the good twin is digital transformation, then the evil twin is cyber risk. We need to figure out how to monetize information, but these two need to be addressed in tandem…
Financial cybersecurity, Governance / Banking, Financial cybersecurity, Governance / Insurance and Asset Management
Recent trends have placed leadership and talent questions squarely on the table for insurance industry board members, executives, and regulators. Industry non-executives and executives need new skills and new ways of leading. Disruptions from…
Governance, Financial services leadership and talent / Insurance and Asset Management
Directors and senior managers often say that their companies’ most valuable assets are their people, and boards typically take the lead in the selection and development of the CEO and other top executives. Today that role is challenging boards more…
Boards and General Management
With the pace of shareholder activism accelerating and activists taking on more and larger targets, activist investing remains near the top of the agenda for board members and executives. Consider two examples from 2017: Procter & Gamble faced a…
Investor perspectives on public companies
Natural disasters, product and service failures, cyber attacks, revelations of corporate malfeasance, the sudden loss of a CEO: public companies face no shortage of potential crises. If poorly handled, a crisis can lead to significant destruction of…
Board risk oversight
While compensation committees at large public companies share similar objectives, they often take different paths to achieve success. Whether in the way members prepare for and run committee meetings, evaluate their own performance, or structure…
Board and committee effectiveness
On June 29, 2017, members of the North American and European Audit Committee Leadership Networks (ACLN and EACLN) met in Washington, DC, for their 12th annual summit. In a members-only session, they discussed audit committee effectiveness, providing…
Board and committee effectiveness
"The hardest judgment is, are we doing enough, going fast enough, and what is possible?"
—Bank Director
Innovation, disruption, digitization, technologically driven transformation–these are the buzzwords of the day in every industry, but…
Regulation and supervision, Innovation and technology / Banking
“Workforce issues are in the forefront of our minds,” said one director. For today’s leading insurers, board-level talent discussions extend far beyond the traditional topics of top management compensation and succession planning. Boards are seeking…
Financial services leadership and talent / Insurance and Asset Management