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Today on the Take On Board podcast, I'm speaking with Dottie Schindlinger about AI and some recent research done by the Diligent Institute. Dottie serves on the boards of the Delaware County Foundation and the Pennsylvania School Safety Institute, also known as Penn SSI. Dottie is the Executive Director of The Diligent Institute, the think tank and global governance research arm of Diligent Corporation, a leading provider of secure corporate board communication and collaboration software used by over 700,000 directors and executives globally. In her role, Dottie provides thought leadership on governance, cybersecurity, and technology topics through presentations to boards and executives dozens of times each year at events worldwide. Her work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and multiple governance and technology publications. She is the co-author of the book "Governance in the Digital Age: A Guide for the Modern Corporate Board Director" (2019, John Wiley & Sons) and co-hosts the fortnightly show, The Corporate Director Podcast.Links and ResourcesDottie Schindlinger on LInkedInDiligentUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take On Board podcast, I'm speaking with Candice Deville about AI and the missing AI conversation in the boardroom.Candice was formally on the board of Charity Bay and she's the founder of AI Co-pilot and a leading AI strategist with 20 plus years experience in digital transformation, enterprise marketing and emerging tech, she advises boards, government and growth stage companies on responsible AI adoption, blending commercial insight with a sharp human centered lens on the future of work.Links and ResourcesCandice DeVille on LinkedInCandice DeVille WebsiteThe AI-Ready Playbook: Navigating AI Like A Pro by Candice DeVilleFree AI PDFUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast, I'm speaking with Henna Karna about AI and technology. (Please note, we're playing this episode again. It originally aired in November 2024Henna is a highly respected global leader with more than 25 years of experience leading innovation across digital/data in high-tech, CPG, risk management, and insurance industries (across P&C, specialty, life, health, retirement, consumer, commercial, brokers, vendors, and independent agents).She has led businesses and advised Fortune 100 companies on digital innovation and disruption, and has designed and developed patent-pending technology and applications in the field of genetic algorithms, behavioural analytics, deep neural nets and digital data technologies.She's joined a couple of large industry companies. Most recently, she was at Google and ran the global insurance and risk division for products and solutions on the Google side. Henna has been on a couple of public boards and a couple of private boards, so she's spending most of her time on the portfolio side of things.Links and ResourcesHenna Karna's WebsiteThe Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman CourseraIntroduction to Artificial IntelligenceUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast, I'm speaking with Simone Austin about the transferable skills that have shaped her career journey. Simone is on the Healthy Life Health Advisory Board and has previously been President of Sport Dietitians Australia and a board member at Dietitians Australia.Simone has had a dynamic career in the field of dietetics. I had to practice saying that, which fits perfectly with her zesty personality. From fueling some of Australia's most successful sporting teams to authoring her book, Eat Like an Athlete and leading the publication of Healthy Lives Living Healthy Reports.Links and ResourcesSimone Austin on LinkedInLiving Healthy Report 2025Hype launch reelLaunch whole event recording: Eat Like an Athlete by Simone Austin Upcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on board podcast, I'm speaking again with Dorrit Kromann about high-performing boards. Now, you may recall that about a year ago, in June 2024, I had a conversation with Dorrit, during which we discussed psychology in the boardroom. We discussed a wide range of topics. Things like how she received some voice training from an opera singer, and she challenged us to do a little check-in when our attention wanders in board meetings. So there were a few tools she gave us around that as well. At the time, Dorrit was writing a book, and now her book is a reality. Today's conversation will touch on high-performing boards and the valuable wisdom she has developed through her book, Building Bridges in Board Dynamics. Dorrit Kromann is a full-time board professional and investor. After two decades of building a career linking the professional and human aspects of business, she now holds key board positions across different industries including Fintech, IT, education and utility services. In addition to driving performance in her own organizations, Dorrit is dedicated to equipping others with the necessary framework to understand board dynamics, become high-value members and create high-performing organizations.Links and ResourcesDorrit on LinkedInBuilding Bridges in Board Dynamics: Be More Confident, Competent and Conscious as a Value-Creating Board MemberUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Take On Board podcast, you are hearing from me. I have some reflections from my recent hike, the Jatbula hike up in the Northern Territory. The podcast was recorded along the trail on Voice Memos. You will find some of it quite noisy because, in the background, there are various waterfalls and the like, so it's probably not the best audio. Uh, however, I couldn't resist doing it along the way, so I hope you find some value in it. Look, I'll admit some of the links to governance might be a little bit tenuous, but I couldn't miss this opportunity to record to some of my thoughts and reflections from the trip.Enjoy!Upcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board Podcast, I'm speaking with Julie Toma about her journey to the boardroom and maybe some reflections that come along the way there.Julie is on the board of Western New South Wales Primary Health Network, RACGP's Australian General Practice Research Foundation, Friendly Pharmacies, Northern Sydney Local Health District Quality Health Care Board Committee, and the Barbara May Foundation.She's previously been on the Australian Dental Health Foundation, Jannawi Connections, LiveBetter, and Asthma Australia ACT.Julie, as you can no doubt tell from her boards, is passionate about improving society's health and well-being. She provides deep expertise in business strategy, marketing, customer and employee experience, philanthropy, transformational growth and stakeholder engagement.Links and ResourcesRussell Reynolds Associates - Global Board Culture and Director Behaviors StudyDirector Performance: The High Impact Behaviors of the Most Effective Directors 2022 Global Board Culture and Director Behaviors StudyNSW Institute of Applied Technology (for free courses to strengthen understanding of cyber and AI)The Psychological Safety Index (PSI) from Data Drives InsightUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take On Board Podcast, I'm speaking with Mary Goodwin about the advisory board centres and the certified chair course. Mary chairs the audit risk and improvement committee at Gladstone Regional Council and serves on various audit and risk committees at Redlands City Council, Western Downs Regional Council, and Whitsunday Regional Council. She is also on the advisory boards of a pharmacy and a fabrication company. Mary co-chairs the peer advisory group for the Queensland Northern Territory chapter of the Advisory Board Centre. With over 25 years of strategic leadership in public, private, and not-for-profit sectors both in Australia and internationally, she has served as chief procurement officer for the Queensland Government and Deputy Director General of a state department. Her international experience includes a significant gold mining project in Canada and India during COVID. She founded her consultancy, One People Proprietary Limited, to help businesses maximize their potential, particularly by applying big business concepts to SMEs in practical ways. Previous episodes in this seriesLouise Broekman outlines the history and importance of advisory boardsSandra Gamble knows what’s what about the energy and sustainability sector for advisory boardsCynthia Payne outlines the evolution of advisory boards in aged careHeather Disher dishes on business sector advisory boardsLouise Broekman’s rundown of the Advisory Board Centre’s State of the Market Report 2025-2027Louise Broekman answers questions on the advisory board marketUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, on the Take on Board podcast, Louise Broekman is answering questions about the state of the advisory board market. This is part two of the Take on Board breakfast event. Louise is on the advisory board of the Advisory Board Centre, so if that’s not the peak of all advisory boards, I’m not sure what is. And she’s been on, well, heaps of advisory boards. She’s the founder and CEO of the Advisory Board Centre, and having had first-hand life-changing experience with her advisory board in a previous business, Louise researched and tested the advisory board sector for five years before establishing the world’s first professional body for the advisory board sector.Previous episodes in this seriesLouise Broekman outlines the history and importance of advisory boardsSandra Gamble knows what’s what about the energy and sustainability sector for advisory boardsCynthia Payne outlines the evolution of advisory boards in aged careHeather Disher dishes on business sector advisory boardsUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Louise Broekman is back to discuss the state of the advisory board market for 2025, highlighting key trends and best practices. This was part of a Take on Board breakfast event. Louise answered some questions from attendees. Next week, the questions we couldn't answer will be our part two.Louise is on the advisory board of the Advisory Board Centre, so if that’s not the peak of all advisory boards, I’m not sure what is. And she’s been on, well, heaps of advisory boards. She’s the founder and CEO of the Advisory Board Centre, and having had first-hand life-changing experience with her advisory board in a previous business, Louise researched and tested the advisory board sector for five years before establishing the world’s first professional body for the advisory board sector.Previous episodes in this seriesLouise Broekman outlines the history and importance of advisory boardsSandra Gamble knows what’s what about the energy and sustainability sector for advisory boardsCynthia Payne outlines the evolution of advisory boards in aged careHeather Disher dishes on business sector advisory boardsUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.