Podcasts

What truly distinguishes the world’s most ethical boards from their peers? In this episode of the Corporate Director Podcast, ethics and compliance leaders Erica Salmon Byrne of Ethisphere and Neta Meidav of Diligent share new joint research on practices present in the world’s most ethical boardrooms. They explain how leading boards structure independence and diversity, use skills matrices, and oversee intangible assets like culture, reputation and brand.

Quantum computing is no longer a distant theoretical concept—it is rapidly becoming a board-level issue. In this episode of the Corporate Director Podcast, quantum leader and cybersecurity expert Dr. Aaron Kemp explains what quantum computing is, how it differs from classical computing, and why it matters for corporate strategy and risk.

In this episode of the Corporate Director Podcast, Tracy Nolan discusses how boards can lead more effectively through disruption, transformation, and growth. She explores how directors influence organizations through the questions they ask, the priorities they set, and the culture they reinforce.

In this episode of the Corporate Director Podcast, board member and technologist Roosevelt Giles shares a practical roadmap for boards grappling with AI, cybersecurity, and the broader tech revolution reshaping corporate value. Giles explains why every CEO is now effectively a technology CEO—and why boards must rapidly catch up.

In this episode, we explore how the landscape of corporate risk management and sustainability is transforming boardroom dynamics, driven by global regulatory shifts, technological advancements, and stakeholder expectations. Our guest, Mike Wallace, sheds light on the strategic importance of real-time data, ESG disclosures, and integrating sustainability into core business processes.

In this episode of The Corporate Director Podcast, guest Joe Hurd explains why boards can no longer rely on quarterly geopolitical risk reviews in an era of poly-crisis—where multiple shocks unfold simultaneously across regions and risk categories. Drawing on his cross-sector board experience and public service background, Joe lays out how directors can move toward continuous risk oversight, build compound scenarios that integrate geopolitics, and use AI thoughtfully in the boardroom while avoiding legal and governance pitfalls.

In this episode, Meghan Day sits down with Caroline Montalbano, partner at Meridian Compensation Partners, to unpack the SEC’s potential changes to executive compensation disclosure rules and what boards and compensation committees should be doing now to stay ahead. They explore how a nearly 20-year-old disclosure framework, layered with additions like the CEO pay ratio and pay versus performance tables, has contributed to longer statements, and the SEC’s goal of incentivizing a clearer, more investor‑friendly pay-for-performance story.

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In this episode of The Corporate Director Podcast, Meghan Day is joined by James White, former chair, president and CEO of Jamba and current chair of The Honest Company, to unpack why culture is the defining factor in whether organizations successfully navigate disruption. White explains his core thesis that companies have culture either “by design or by default,” and argues that the best organizations are relentlessly intentional about the cultures they build. He shares his three-pillar framework—knowing what matters, doing what matters and measuring what matters—and how boards and executives can use it to guide transformation.

In this episode of the Corporate Director Podcast, host Meghan Day sits down with Claudia Allen, Senior Advisor at KPMG’s Board Leadership Center, to explore how the rapid advance of AI, rising geopolitical tensions, and shifting industrial policies are reshaping corporate strategy and board oversight. Claudia brings her deep governance expertise and legal background to unpack the emerging “geotech” landscape—where technology, national security, and economic policy collide.