Supercharging your board journey: Why an experimental mindset is key | MBA Event

The MBA Careers and Professional Development Team invites the MBA community to discover how embracing an experimental mindset and unconventional strategies can unlock a board’s true value.

Let’s look at the facts.

• Australian boards have never been more skilled, diverse and professional.
• Over the past 30 years, hundreds of studies have sought to define and measure the exact nature of what makes boards great.
• Specialised governance programs – informed by the world’s most experienced directors, executives and academics – educate tens of thousands of directors every year.

Despite this, one question remains. What makes a board truly effective? We think we know, but we don’t. There’s zero evidence to suggest that one set of processes, structures, people and behaviours is better than any other.

You might find this unbelievable, even scary, but it actually presents a unique opportunity to embrace curiosity and unconventional strategies to unlock any board’s true value. In this session, industry experts in governance, Matt Fullbrook and Paul Smith, will demonstrate why and how boards should come together with a more experimental mindset.

After this session, you’ll have:

1. Explored what good governance really means,
2. Proposed a scientifically-rooted framing for enhanced board effectiveness, and
3. Modelled new, practical “interventions" that will bring value to any board.

Speakers

Matt Fullbrook

Matt Fullbrook, based in Toronto, is one of the most recognisable and respected voices in North American corporate governance, bringing 23 years of experience to more than 300 boardrooms, ranging from local non-profits to global corporations. As the creator and host of the One Minute Governance podcast and the Ground-Up Governance platform, Matt has created a massive library of practical insights to master boardroom challenges.

Matt serves as an Executive in Residence at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, where he has shaped the future of governance for over two decades. Previously, he directed the David & Sharon Johnston Centre for Corporate Governance Innovation.

Paul Smith

Paul founded Future Directors in 2015 having been the youngest board director and then chair of a national Australian organisation. He has been described as a ‘board futurist’ and a leading global thinker on the future of corporate governance, as well as a sought after speaker, board advisor and mentor to CEOs, directors and chairs.

Paul is the award-winning author of Right Seat Right Table, host of the popular Future Directors Podcast, and is currently working on his second and third books, Atomic Boards and The Artificially Intelligent Boardroom.