Your Board Doesn’t Need More Information. It Needs Better Context
The question boards should be asking: How can technology help us make better use of the knowledge we already have?
The question boards should be asking: How can technology help us make better use of the knowledge we already have?
Ten years ago, I argued that high-performing boards should stop playing defense and become a source of competitive advantage. In 2026, with activist campaigns at all-time highs and executives openly questioning director performance, that argument is now a survival requirement.
Selected by his peers as CBM’s Director of the Year, Royal Caribbean Group’s John F. Brock III reflects on one of the cruise industry’s most significant leadership transitions, the evolving role of the lead independent director and governance practices that help boards add value.
AI productivity numbers are green. Whether your workforce is amplifying or eroding remains invisible. That gap belongs on the board pack.
AI hasn’t just made lies easier to produce. It’s made the truth harder to defend—and that makes credibility a capital asset CEOs must govern like infrastructure.