135. Dr. Margaret Heffernan (2/2): How boards make the best decisions: agendas, wilful blindness and super chickens
Description
Dr. Margaret Heffernan is author of seven books, including Wilful Blindness, Uncharted and Embracing Uncertainty. A former CEO of InfoMation Corp, ZineZone Corp, and iCast Corp, she was inducted into the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame in 2024. In this episode, we discuss: Balancing rigidity with flexibility in board meetings (1:35 ) What great board agendas look like (6:47 ) When ice -breakers help, and when they don’t (8:35 ) Helpful versus unhelpful challenge (10:58 ) Wilful blindness - and why smart people suffer from it (13:32 ) How to mitigate wilful blindness (16:36 ) Collaboration versus competition - lessons from The Human Genome Project (18:39 ) The super-chicken problem, and what should boards can learn from it (21:32 ) And the ⚡Lightning Round⚡(24:06 )
Host: Oliver Cummings
Producer: Will Felton
Music: Kate Mac
Audio: Nick Kold
Email: podcast@nurole.com
Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom
United States
