
A Board For All Seasons
Spring, summer, fall, winter. McKinsey’s Carolyn Dewar on how directors can help their chief executive succeed at every stage of their ‘year.’

Spring, summer, fall, winter. McKinsey’s Carolyn Dewar on how directors can help their chief executive succeed at every stage of their ‘year.’

Raj Gupta, veteran of 15 public company boards, including Hewlett-Packard, DuPont, Tyco, Arconic, Airgas and Delphi/Aptiv, says a new era of disruption requires a new kind of governance. More strategic. More engaged. More focused. His playbook for a brittle, anxious, nonlinear and incomprehensible world.

Sonita Lontoh, board member for Sunrun and TrueBlue; Florin Rotar, former chief AI officer of Avanade, and Eric Vaughan, CEO of IgniteTech, who have all led AI-transformations, shared ideas on redesigning organizations for the age of AI.

At Chief Executive Group’s AI Leadership Forum, board members, CEOs and technology leaders tackled the most pressing questions surrounding artificial intelligence adoption.

A candid discussion on our current AI moment and what boards need to do to meet it. “We might only have one shot to get this right, so let’s do that now.”

Board oversight is critical as CEOs face tariff-driven cost shocks—demanding precise, scenario-based pricing strategies, strong execution systems, and disciplined communication to protect margins without eroding long-term market position.