Topic: Over-the-horizon thinking

Can you see what's coming over the horizon? We can help you be as prepared as possible for unforeseen events and opportunities

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Changing the conversation from ‘short-termism’ to long-term strategy

4 September 2017 | Tony Featherstone

A focus on strategy, sustainability and values over a longer horizon can reduce the risk of unethical behaviour within companies.

Responsible investing lifts governance expectations

4 September 2017

More capital invested on basis of Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) performance.

Preparing directors for artificial intelligence whirlwind

4 September 2017 | Tony Featherstone

Boards will need to pick their way carefully through a complex ethical minefield

Company Director magazine to relaunch with fresh new look

29 August 2017

October will see the relaunch of Company Director magazine, bringing hard-hitting news and views from the boardroom with a fresh new look.

Bain & Company’s 5 forces shaping the firm of the future

28 June 2017

At an AICD Directors’ Breakfast in Sydney last week, Bain & Company partner James Root outlined the five forces shaping the firm of the future as the era of shareholder primacy starts to break down.

Future of the AGM – Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater

25 May 2017

Shareholders, investors, companies, directors and commentators have flagged a decline in the importance and role of the AGM. Steven Cole FAICD presents the case for improving and modernising this crit...

Updating governance for changing times

25 May 2017 | Tony Featherstone

A recent study published in the Harvard Business Review argues that a broader, longer view is needed, that thinks beyond the short-term needs of shareholders.

Advocacy - Insolvency reforms

1 May 2017 | Louise Petschler MAICD

The Australian Institute of Company Directors’ Louise Petschler provides a monthly round-up of the advocacy team’s key projects.

Over-the-horizon thinking

Trust in crisis

17 February 2017

The 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals the largest-ever drop in trust across the institutions of government, business, media and NGOs in the 17 years of the survey.

Climate change, investor relations and boards

19 December 2016 | Tony Featherstone

AIRA’s Ian Matheson explains the interaction of ESG and investor relations – and what it means for directors.

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