Diligent Institute

This week I’ve been digging back into What Directors Think, produced with our partners at Corporate Board Member, and the signals on risk oversight are impossible to miss.

In this episode of the Corporate Director Podcast, host Dottie Schindlinger sits down with Earl Newsome, Chief Information Officer at Cummins Inc. and board member at First Independence Bank, to ex...

Learn more about the changing nature of risk oversight and why continuous governance is key for proper risk oversight.

AI is top of mind for directors this year, the connective tissue linking growth, risk, human capital and compliance.

Discover 2026 board priorities and new strategies for M&A, AI, risk & compliance. Benchmark your board and lead forward-looking governance.

Director confidence surged 23% at year-end, but risk looms large. Explore what’s driving optimism and how boards plan for 2026.

In this episode of the Corporate Director Podcast, host Dottie Schindlinger welcomes returning guest Anddria Varnado, board member at Pattern Beauty, Red Robin and Columbia Bank, to explore how the...

Discover five governance shifts shaping 2026 — from real-time oversight and continuous assurance to AI governance and integration readiness — and why boards that act now will lead with confidence

In this special year- end edition of the Corporate Director Podcast, Dottie Schindlinger and Meghan Day sit down with TK Kerstetter to grade their 2025 governance predictions. Headlines included Op...

America's corporate directors ended 2025 on an unexpectedly optimistic note.

In this episode of the Corporate Director Podcast, host Dottie Schindlinger talks with workplace culture expert Bree Groff, author of Today Was Fun: A Book About Work (Seriously). Bree makes the ca...

The Q4 GC Risk Index finds business risk 16 percent higher than it was at the start of the year, as domestic political uncertainty and regulatory upheaval continue to cast a shadow over the compliance sphere.