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Cyber-Kinetic Security
Non-Executive Directors as Cyber Champions
As a non-executive director (NED) who often represents cybersecurity and emerging technology interests on boards, I’ve learned that even without being a deep technical expert, I must challenge management and ensure our company’s security posture is sound. In today’s high-risk digital environment, boards can no longer treat cybersecurity as "someone else’s problem." Directors cannot abdicate or simply delegate oversight of cybersecurity - we must instead…
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Can we Rescue Diversity from its own Failings?
Don’t expect this to be either of the typical articles about diversity. I’m here not to fawn over its benefits nor to rant about who does or doesn’t get hired. I’m here, instead, to ask why we react to it in the baffling way we do, why it often accomplishes the exact opposite of its stated goals and what dramatic approaches we might take to…
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Innovative Businesses Have Curious Employees
Several comments in response to my recent competency-focused post led me to also consider the importance of curiosity in the workplace. Interestingly enough, recent experiences have given me a chance to see firsthand the benefits of nurturing curiosity and how to do so as part of the DNA of the work environment. Curiosity is a vital element in all aspects of innovation, yet is tightly confined by…
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MAS TRM Just Reset the Floor for Financial‑Sector Cybersecurity
I’ve spent the last few years in Singapore helping banks, insurers, and market infrastructure across APAC harden their environments. We’ve all said the same thing in private: we need a clear, enforceable baseline that trades vague “best practice” for concrete expectations and timelines. With the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Technology Risk Management (TRM) package - the Guidelines (principles/best practices) and the legally binding TRM…
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Do you Have What it Takes to be an Interim Manager?
Businesses, facing an ever-increasing variety of complex problems, are in desperate need of good interim managers to help solve them. Such positions are highly rewarding, with the opportunity to explore new places, meet new people – and fill your plate with a steady diet of fascinating challenges. Perhaps you’ve considered entering this growing field and becoming one of these people who jump into new companies…
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How can you get the Most out of Interim Managers?
Are you hiring and using interim managers wisely? Why is it that some companies attain exceptional results from interim manager hirings and some are disappointed? It has little to do with the quality of interim manager candidates. The only way they become candidates is by demonstrating exceptional skill in implementing the kinds of solutions that clients want. Why, then, do results sometimes go awry? Unfortunately,…
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Interim Management as a Career Option
The face of interim management is changing. Traditionally, an interim manager was someone at the end of his career who chose interim management to extend his working years. This is changing fast. An increasing number of managers – both men and women – have entered the market in recent years, intent on making a career of interim management. That’s no surprise. The rewards of interim…
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What is Interim Management?
When crisis strikes your business, what can you do? As you try to pick up the pieces, at some point your mind would likely turn to the fantasy of bringing in an accomplished executive with extensive experience in the exact type of crisis your business is experiencing, just long enough to get you through it. That’s no fantasy, though. Such an option exists. It’s called…
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