David, thx for underlining what is indeed the key message. As for “fixing the board” as you put it, I don’t know if I would be that blunt 🙂 But for sure the new nature of change calls for different mindsets and more involvement from the board. The good news is that corporate directors like Alan, Kathy, Poonam, Merete and Paul – who kindly contributed their insights to the article – are thinking along the same lines. Hopefully that’s the beginning of the “board-as-co-disruptor” movement!

BTW – I can’t wait for you to author or co-author another book. I really enjoyed the insights from “Lead the Work”.

Merci Marc. That’s a great idea! We touched a little bit on the challenge when I spoke to your group of IT executives last February – remember? I’m already thinking about the best way to expand on the discussion and turn it into a blog post 😉

Thanks for your kind words Kathy. Nothing like mixing different perspectives to push the thinking! I’m glad the section about “co-disruptive leaders” got several comments from directors, including yours. The trigger for the section was a discussion I had last year with Michelle Moore, who pointed me to an assessment instrument that a British firm developed to identify “raw” disruptive talents. It got me to think about where those talents are most needed in established organizations; and about the importance of the “co-” in “co-disruptive” – which the instrument missed in my opinion (although they’ve done a great job with the “disruptive” part).

I’m glad you liked it Merete. And thx for your contribution. The point you made in the article re: culture of collaboration ≠ consensus culture is a very important one.