by Touch Stone Publishers | May 14, 2026
WHITE PAPER ARTICLE | AI-FIRST CULTURE The Fiduciary Gap In AI Oversight Boards are disclosing AI risk faster than they are building the governance ritual that can stand behind those words. If your board discloses AI risk, governance has to become inspectable: an...
by Touch Stone Publishers | May 14, 2026
WHITE PAPER ARTICLE | AI-FIRST CULTURE The Fiduciary Gap In AI Oversight Boards are disclosing AI risk faster than they are building the governance ritual that can stand behind those words. If your board discloses AI risk, governance has to become inspectable: an...
by Touch Stone Publishers | May 9, 2026
I’ve served on seven boards over the past fifteen years. Five of them hired a governance consultant at some point. Every single engagement followed the same pattern. The consultant arrives with a framework. They audit your board composition against industry...
by Touch Stone Publishers | May 5, 2026
The question arrives in the Strategy Office at the worst possible time. The CEO has been told by a board member, a consultant, or a competitor announcement that the company should “buy a capability” or “build a platform.” The pressure is real....
by Touch Stone Publishers | Apr 30, 2026
I watched a CEO get blindsided last year. Not by market conditions. Not by competition. By her own board. They had stopped asking her questions about a product line that, six months later, became a compliance problem. When I asked the board chair why no one had dug...
by Touch Stone Publishers | Apr 23, 2026
I watched a board director sit through three consecutive strategy updates he clearly disagreed with. His body language said it all. But he never spoke. Afterward, I asked him why. His answer: “The chair made it obvious what decision he wanted. Speaking up would...
