INSIGHTS & ARTICLES

Breaking Down Boardroom Pay
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Breaking Down Boardroom Pay

Can board work provide a sustainable income? We work with a lot of directors who are actively seeking board roles. Some are looking to build a portfolio career as a board director. The work of a director can be interesting and worthwhile, and a director’s contribution to a board can be highly satisfying. Shouldn’t a fair remuneration also follow? Future Directors, Aisling Blackmore, spoke with Tom Mutch, Partner in Board and Public Sector Practices at Odgers Berndtson, to get his insights on how remuneration for non-executive directors has been shaped and changed in 2023/24.

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Inclusion Beyond Checkbox: Neurodiversity in the Boardroom
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Inclusion Beyond Checkbox: Neurodiversity in the Boardroom

While strides have been made on diversity, equity and inclusion in boards, there remains an under-explored frontier in the realm of diversity – neurodiversity. Neurodivergent individuals can significantly benefit organisations and corporate boardrooms. To delve deeper into this important topic, Paul Smith spoke with Strategic Advisor and Non-Executive Director, Sara Harrup who also identifies as neurodivergent.

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“With Power Comes Responsibility”: Amnesty Chair Mario Santos talks Human Rights Due Diligence for boards
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“With Power Comes Responsibility”: Amnesty Chair Mario Santos talks Human Rights Due Diligence for boards

Human rights should be part of every board’s due diligence process. That’s the message from when we sat down with Mario Santos, the Chair of Amnesty International Australia, and FDI alum. But for the grittier details, read FDI Founder Paul Smith and Mario’s wide-ranging conversation below to learn more about the state of human rights today and how we can all take action from the boardroom, to make a positive impact on the world.

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Artificial Wisdom
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Artificial Wisdom

What things should Artificial Intelligence be making board directors think about? ChatGPT’s (and more broadly, AI’s) implications for boards, strategy, risk and their role as organisational stewards. What things should it be making board directors think and talk about? What risks and opportunities does it pose for your organisation?

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The Season of Self Reflection
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The Season of Self Reflection

Future Directors and Future Boards know in their bones that, yes, it’s important to avoid risks. But just as important, is seeking rewards. In a small way, that’s what these Awards are all about. Encouraging reward-seeking behaviour by creating a reward for reward-seeking behaviour.

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Boardroom Biases: Do as Apple says, not as they do.
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Boardroom Biases: Do as Apple says, not as they do.

Our 2022 Boardroom Biases Survey results are out. For the most part it’s good news, but boardrooms are still favouring cognitive clones.

There’s an acronym that describes a phenomena in social science studies: Most of the participants are WEIRD. That is, Western, Educated, and from Industrialised, Rich, Democratic countries. And that’s weird. That’s not representative of the entire scope of lived experience or human thought. What’s the point of diversity in the boardroom if everyone in the boardroom is WEIRD?

True diversity is brain deep. 

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