Fernanda Torre and Sylvia Robben, board leaders, share how boards can strengthen competitiveness, resilience and corporate renewal.

Fernanda Torre and Sylvia Robben, board leaders working with Boards Impact Forum and Chapter Zero Neterlands, explore how European boards can contribute to competitiveness and resilience in a world of accelerating change. They examine how board overload, risk orientation and established governance practices can constrain renewal—and how greater strategic ambition, continuous learning, opportunity governance and a willingness to act before all the answers are known can help companies move forward. The key takeaway: boards need to govern not only the risks of change, but also the risks of standing still—and create more space for opportunity, innovation and long-term value creation. This conversation is the second episode of the nine-part series Beyond the Old Playbook, featured in the Exploring Leaders Podcast by Digoshen. The series explores what leadership and governance require when established assumptions, practices and playbooks are no longer enough. Welcome to read the related blog post:Can European Boards Help Europe Compete Again?