Writing in The Financial Times (15 November 2025), Chief Features Writer Henry Mance suggests that the BBC is “too big not to fail”, at least sometimes. Mance illustrates the scale of the organisation, with over 10 years’ worth of content on iPlayer alone. “Inevitably, there are mistakes,” he says. The article sets out
Free webinar, 4 experts from the Board Effectiveness Guild explore stakeholder perspectives on board reviews
Peter Snowdon explores how the 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code's malus and clawback provisions strengthen corporate accountability and align executive remuneration with long-term performance.
In the second article of the "Risk, Dissent and Decision-making" series, members of The Board Effectiveness Guild explore how boards can effectively address risk and the behaviors that inhibit meaningful discussions. They discuss ways to increase constructive challenge within board conversations, emphasizing the need for genuine challenge to support board diversity.
Peter Snowdon explores how Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) ensure robust corporate governance and drive long-term success through informed decision-making and proactive engagement.
Alex Edmans, author of May Contain Lies in conversation with Alison Gill considers – ‘what is confirmation bias and why does it matter to boards and, how can you ensure you and your board don’t fall into this thinking trap’.
Following a recent webinar presented by members of The Board Effectiveness Guild on "Risk, Dissent and Decision-making," the need for genuine challenge and dissent to support board diversity was emphasised. This article explores different perspectives on how boards can use all their resources and emotions to reach more robust decisions.
The Code brings key changes for enhanced transparency, accountability, and governance. This note summarises the principal changes and their integration into Board practices.
In November the Board of Open AI an operating company backed by Microsoft sacked its chief executive, Sam Altman. He was then very quickly reinstated by Microsoft. The circumstances of this dismissal and reinstatement give rise to some intriguing governance issues.
It does seem remarkable that the Board of the Post Office was not given or did not avail itself of an opportunity to intervene at an earlier stage. The Public enquiry will doubtless opine and perhaps it is unhelpful to be too specific about this case at this stage. But whatever else, so far as the Post Office itself is concerned their conduct has been outrageous as Sir Wyn Williams found.
