Episode 01: What lessons did directors learn around COVID-19?

Andrew Donovan and Dale Simpson reflect on the true competitive advantage that can be drawn from the COVID experience. We learn there’s more to risk management than having a policy; that having a crisis plan will never beat having great and engaged people. It turns out it’s not about prediction at all, it’s about people. In COVID we have seen kindness come to the fore. Executives are discovering that check ins are the order of the day – becoming focussed on their people and gathering more and better data from it. People are being heard and having a space to speak. Yes, organisations that have pivoted quickly are doing better. But really good Boards are shifting their business to entirely new ways of working that are driven by people as purpose. So what will be sustained from this time; connection, compassion at the board table? In this focussed next phase, how do we harness the moment between this intense experience and moving to the new normal. How do we really learn to think about what the new normal should be, not just what’s happening next. And could this be Director enlightenment? Hear how Directors start these conversations with their Board? To make sure we learn the lessons COVID has to offer us, and learn the right lessons at that. Plus a lot of love for the introverts among us. Tune in.