Startup wisdom: How to break the cycle of meeting hangovers Summary Vivian Acquah of Amplify DEI explains the concept of ‘meeting hangovers’ — the drained, unfocused feeling that lingers after poorly run meetings — and why they damage both individual productivity and team dynamics. Research cited (UNC / Asana) shows the problem is widespread and […]
State Officials’ Letter to Asset Managers Summary California Controller Malia Cohen and Treasurer Fiona Ma, joined by 15 other state financial officers, sent a collective letter to asset managers pushing back against a July 2025 letter from the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF). The signatories argue that fiduciary duty requires active stewardship — voting proxies, […]
Redefining the Role: How Innovative Corporate Investigations Leaders Drive Impact Summary Historically, corporate investigations were reactive and siloed, focusing mainly on compliance enforcement. The article argues that modern investigations leaders are transforming the function by embedding themselves in the business, building relationships across functions, and using investigations to identify emerging risks and control gaps. By […]
Weekly Roundup: August 29-September 4, 2025 Summary This weekly roundup collects the Forum posts published between 29 August and 4 September 2025, covering developments in board interlocks and competition, proxy-season shareholder proposals, Delaware litigation over directors’ investigatory duties, ongoing legal challenges to California’s climate disclosure laws, heightened disclosure scrutiny for public companies, evolving shareholder meeting […]
Narrative Contradictions: The Invisible Governance Risk Summary Narrative contradictions are statements that can be true in isolation but conflict when taken together. Craig E. Carroll argues these contradictions have become a distinct governance risk: regulators, investors and stakeholders increasingly treat incoherence across disclosures as a failure of oversight. The causes are structural — temporal misalignment, […]
2025 Proxy Season Review: Volatility, Evolving Tactics and New Expectations for Shareholder Engagement Published: 2025-09-12T11:32:04+00:00 Summary The 2025 proxy season was unusually volatile. Activity started strong, slowed after the April 2 tariff announcement and was disrupted mid-season by new SEC guidance on 13D/13G that prompted many institutional investors to rethink engagement strategies. While the number […]
Weekly Roundup: September 5-11, 2025 Summary This weekly roundup collects 12 posts published on the Forum during 5–11 September 2025. Topics span corporate investigations leadership, sustainability best practice, the US–EU trade framework and ESG/CSR compliance, crisis preparedness for boards, retirement and 401(k) inequality, remote board meetings, board oversight, proxy contest mechanics, say-on-pay, activist investors, executive […]
Do’s and Don’ts of Using AI: A Director’s Guide Summary This guide, authored by partners at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, outlines practical cautions and best practices for company directors using AI tools in their corporate roles. It stresses that directors must avoid exposing confidential information to public AI services, be mindful that […]
What the ManningCast Teaches Us About Conversational CX Summary The ManningCast — Peyton and Eli Manning’s alternate Monday Night Football broadcast — is more than light-hearted sportscasting. Its conversational format, candid commentary and rotating celebrity guests create community, broaden audiences and build loyalty. The piece argues these traits map directly to modern conversational customer experience […]
SMEs employment growth under heterogeneous credit constraints Summary This paper (Vlassas, Giannakopoulos & Kallandranis) examines how different types of credit constraints affect employment growth in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Using survey evidence and robustness checks, the authors find that firms which are fully credit-rationed or discouraged from applying for credit are about five percentage […]
