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Entrepreneur, media executive, author and one of the best-known faces on the UK version of The Apprentice, Mike Soutar is the latest guest on Boardroom Confidential. 🎙️ Joining host Emily Sheffield, Mike shares the boardroom lessons that have shaped his career – from a business launch that didn't go to plan to preparing leaders for AI, workforce change and geopolitical uncertainty. The conversation explores why preparation leads to better decisions, how boards can avoid groupthink, and why saying "no" is often the most important decision a board can make. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/4vOZpTI #BoardroomConfidential #CorporateGovernance #BoardLeadership #Leadership #Boards #Sherpany #MikeSoutar #TheApprentice #EmilySheffield

AI can summarise 200 pages of board papers in seconds. It cannot tell a director whether the assumptions inside them are sound. 🙅🏼♀️ That is exactly where AI is changing strategic evaluation at board level, and where it is not. Our new article sets out both sides clearly: https://bit.ly/4gO018n

How does Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Germany's largest municipal transport company, streamline board meetings? In our latest customer story, Volker Sparmann, Chair of the Audit Committee and Supervisory Board Member, shares how Sherpany helped optimise board meeting preparation. Watch the full story to learn how BVG: • centralised meeting documents across the Supervisory Board and its two committees, • ensured every board member always had access to the latest document version, • streamlined decision-making processes, and • reduced meeting duration from 5–6 hours to 3–4 hours. #BoardManagement #CorporateGovernance #BoardMeetings #SupervisoryBoard #DigitalTransformation #Sherpany #BVG #Berlin

A month later, we're still reflecting on the conversations from AI in the Boardroom: From Insights to Action in London. 🤖 It was a pleasure to bring together board directors, general counsel, company secretaries and governance professionals to discuss how boards can move from AI insights to meaningful action. A huge thank you to our fantastic speakers Terri Le Couteur FCG, MSc Governance, Dr. Sina Wulfmeyer, Peter Swabey, Rt Hon. Justine Greening, Sharon Constançon CDir MBA FCG and Paul Johnston ACG as well as our partners The Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, AI Working Group for Company Secretaries, Black Excellence in Governance Awards, Datasite, TLC Governance and Genius Boards for making the event such a success. 🎥 Take a look at some of the highlights below. #AIGovernance #CorporateGovernance #BoardLeadership #GeneralCounsel #CompanySecretary #Governance #Sherpany #Event #London #AI #Boardroom

AI is no longer just an IT topic, it's a board responsibility. 🔐 As AI continues to transform organisations, boards need to be equipped to oversee not only AI itself, but also operational resilience, AI supply chain risk and data sovereignty. Join Edoardo Gerosa, CISO at Sherpany, and Christian Langenegger, Meeting Management Advisor at Sherpany, for a practical 30-minute webinar exploring what effective AI governance looks like and the questions every Board Member, Chairperson and Corporate Secretary should be asking their CISO. 📅 22 July 2026 🕧 12:30–1:00 pm CEST 📍 Online You'll also have the opportunity to submit your own questions in advance and benchmark your organisation's AI governance readiness. Register here: https://bit.ly/3RdTSHZ #CorporateGovernance #BoardLeadership #AI #CyberSecurity #RiskManagement #Sherpany #Webinar

Strategic initiatives rarely fail because the board approved the wrong PowerPoint. They fail because critical questions were not asked before approval. Our latest article outlines eight questions every board should ask before committing capital, accepting risk, and approving a strategic initiative. Read the article: https://bit.ly/4wT5T4Y #Sherpany #ShapingStrategicDecisions #Strategy #Board

Persuading other board members of your point of view is a skill that can be honed. Julie Baddeley, Chair of the Chapter Zero Alliance, shares the experiences that have shaped her approach to persuasion throughout her career. Some key takeaways: ▪️ Passion will get you so far, but facts are the most powerful tool ▪️ How a point is raised is crucial to how it lands ▪️ Timing is everything Read the article below! ⬇️

73% of dealmakers already use AI for board reporting and governance. Only 22% would let AI make the final call on signing a deal. That's the board decision gap uncovered by Datasite and FT Longitude in a survey of 1,000 senior dealmakers across 27 countries. AI shapes what reaches the board. People still own the decision. Read the full report: https://bit.ly/4hlLReG

AI is moving faster than most organisations can govern it. 🫣 For boards, AI should be a governance discussion. From operational resilience and AI supply chain risk to data sovereignty and geopolitical exposure, the questions being asked in the boardroom are changing. Join Edoardo Gerosa, CISO at Sherpany, and Christian Langenegger, Meeting Management Advisor at Sherpany, for our free 30-minute webinar to learn: ✅ The questions every board should be asking its CISO ✅ How boards can strengthen oversight of AI and cyber risk ✅ What responsible AI governance looks like in practice 📅 22 July 2026, 12:30-1:00 pm CEST 📍 Online Register here for free: https://bit.ly/3RdTSHZ #CorporateGovernance #BoardLeadership #AI #CyberSecurity #RiskManagement #Sherpany #Webinar

Only 22% of dealmakers say they would follow an AI recommendation on whether to sign a deal. That figure tells you something important: even in environments where AI use is advanced, the decision remains the human's. The board's job is to use AI to improve the quality of the information it makes decisions on, not to outsource the judgement. Our article on effective board decision-making in 2026 covers exactly where AI fits: https://bit.ly/3RzE7vd #Sherpany #ShapingStrategicOptions #AI #Boards