All Episodes

Elizabeth Pollman and Yifat Aran: Ousted, Startup Failure and Equity Compensation in the Unicorn Era.

Larry Clinton: "The Essence of Cybersecurity is that All the Incentives Favor the Bad Guys."

Joe Nocera and Kate O'Leary: Unpacking HBO's Succession (Season 4).

Ker Gibbs: On Geopolitics and US-China Relations.

John Coates: The Problem of Twelve, Index Funds and Private Equity.

Abby Adlerman: On Board Oversight, Accountability, Risk Mitigation and Strategy (OARS).

Private Companies and Startup Governance: with Evan Epstein, Heidi Roizen and Dan Siciliano.

Julie Daum: "The Aging of U.S. Boards and Lack of Turnover is a Real Issue."

Mauro Cunha: Governance and Board Experience from Brazil.

Brian Stafford, CEO of Diligent: "Companies That Do ESG The Right Way, Tie It Back To Their Strategy."

Joyce Cacho: "ESG Provides An Opportunity To Do Some Hard Work."

Suzanne Brown: The NYSE Board Diversity Initiative.

Victor Arias: "Boards Are Looking For Strong Core Values: Integrity, Ethics, Leadership and Judgment."

HBO’s Succession with Sean Berkowitz and Kate O’Leary (Season 3)

Heidi Roizen: On Startup Governance and The Startup Solution.

David Larcker and Brian Tayan on "The Art and Practice of Corporate Governance."

Lisa Shalett: "We Are in a High Velocity Environment of Tremendous Change."

Benjamin Means and Douglas Moll: Governance in Closely Held Corporations.

Cynthia Jamison: "In this Downturn Boards Should Focus on Liquidity and Incentive Plans."

Alicia Syrett: "The Chair Should Focus the Agenda Primarily on Strategic Discussions."

HBO’s Succession “The Dumpster Fire Pirate Death Ship” (Season 2)

Georgia Stewart: On Stewardship, Pass-Through Voting and Shareholder Democracy.

Leo E. Strine, Jr.: Good Corporate Citizenship We Can All Get Behind?

Barrett Cohn: "Companies Now Stay Private Long."

Kate O'Leary: HBO's Succession from the Perspective of an Experienced In-House Lawyer (Season 1).

Dan Siciliano: The Banking Crisis and Governance Implications.

Bethany Mayer: On Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Strategy.

Karen Francis: "An Effective Lead Director Needs to Have Excellent EQ (Emotional Quotient)."

Alan Jagolinzer: "Having a Holistic Approach to Information is Critical."

Penny Herscher: "The Chair of the Board has to Exercise Leadership by Listening rather than by Speaking."

Paul Washington: "The Roles of the Board in the Era of ESG and Stakeholder Capitalism."

Stephen Bainbridge: "The Profit Motive: Defending Shareholder Value Maximization."

Lawrence Cunningham: "Amid Heightened Uncertainty, Directors Should Expect To Be Second Guessed."

Jan Van Eck: "Some Index Fund Companies Have Become Too Large To Be Left Unchecked."

George Dallas and Mike Lubrano: Governance, Stewardship & Sustainability.

Ann Lipton: "The Twitter v. Musk Case is both a Vindication and a Condemnation of Corporate Law."

Stephen Davis: On the Rise of Investor Stewardship.

Mario Mancuso: Geopolitics, National Security and Strategy in the Boardroom.

Joe Grundfest: 2022 in Review and Governance Trends for 2023.

Peter Gleason: "We Look at Board Directorships as a Profession with Accountability and Expectations."

Lydia Beebe: On Corporate Secretaries and the Evolution of Corporate Governance.

Bob Zukis, CEO of the Digital Directors Network: On Cybersecurity in the Boardroom.

Mary Cranston: "A Good Strategic Lawyer Should Be a Requirement on Every Board."

Insights from Silicon Valley: Who’s Up, What’s Down & Why it Matters.

Bill McNabb: Talent, Strategy and Risk. How Investors and Boards Are Redefining TSR.

Susan Angele and Stephen Brown: Insights from the KPMG Board Leadership Center.

Henry Sanderson: Volt Rush, the Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green.

Alison Davis: "U.S. Boards Could Benefit From More Listening Sessions With Key Stakeholders."

Nora Denzel: On the Future of the American Board.

Louis Lehot: "It All Happens Outside of the Boardroom."

Claudia Fan Munce: "The Board's Role is to Challenge Management to Think Outside of the Box."

Beatriz Infante: "There Is A Very Clear Bright-Line Between Management And Governance."

Kris Pederson and Jamie Smith: Takeaways from the 2022 Proxy Season.

Adam Sterling: The Independent Director Initiative.

Santiago Siri: Crypto Governance, DAOs, Digital Identity and Voting.

Sandra Guerra: "The G in ESG is the Driver of Everything."

Derek Zaba: Partner and Co-Chair of Sidley’s Shareholder Activism Practice.

Francine McKenna: "You Cannot Restrain The Heartless Except Via Enforcement."

Keir Gumbs: "Governance Directly and Unequivocally Impacts Value."

Ana Dutra: "Think of Your Board Journey As Any Career."

Annemarie Tierney: On Secondary Markets for Private Company Stock, and Crypto.

Dan Siciliano: "Employees Are At The Heart of the Success of Modern Unicorns, More So Than Ever Before."

Marian Macindoe, New Head of ESG Stewardship at Parnassus Investments.

Anne Sheehan: "The Advent of Say-on-Pay Forced the Engagement between Investors and Companies."

Lisa Edwards: President & COO of Diligent Corporation, a Leading GRC & ESG SaaS Provider

Anat Alon-Beck: Private Markets and Waivers of Stockholder Inspection Rights

Joel Friedlander: On the Evolution of Stockholder Litigation

Stilpon Nestor, Chairman of Nestor Advisors: The Outsider.

Christa Steele: "SWIFT is so antiquated it needs to go"

David Bell: Fenwick's 2021 Corporate Governance Survey

Matt Blumberg: Startup Boards.

Margaret O'Mara: "Silicon Valley is a Truly Distinctive American Story."

David Larcker and Brian Tayan: Seven Myths of ESG.

Daniel Green: "2021 was an Absolutely Buoyant Year for Latin American Venture-Backed Startups."

Jackie Cook: On the "Investor Stewardship Movement"

Aaron Wright: On The Rise of DAOs and Blockchain Governance.

Jeff Thomas: "Private Companies Have Never Had More Options and Better Access to Capital and Liquidity."

Manny Alvarez: On Regulatory Challenges in Fintech, Crypto and Boardroom Diversity

Kendrick Nguyen: "There is No Question in my Mind that Retail Capital is Coming to the Private Markets."

Abe Friedman: "Investors Don't Care As Much About The Messenger As They Do About The Message."

Priya Cherian Huskins: On SPACs, D&O Insurance and Federal Forum Charter Provisions.

Maureen Farrell: "The Cult of We", WeWork, and Startup Governance Shortcomings.

Robin Ferracone: "The U.S. Lags Other Regions In Terms of Using Stakeholder Measures in Executive Compensation"

Christopher Young: "After the Exxon Proxy Fight, Directors Realize That They May Be Taken Out By Sub 1% Shareholders."

Jared Ellias: "The Elevation of the Board is an Important Trend in the Bankruptcy Process"

Donna Anderson, Head of Corporate Governance at T. Rowe Price: "This Has Been A Very Surprising Proxy Season"

Lawrence Cunningham: Quality Shareholders, Governance and Warren Buffett.

Joe Grundfest: On Capital Markets, Crypto Regulations, Board Diversity & Corporate Electoral Innovation.

Nell Minow: "You Can Get 90% of Governance by Looking at CEO Pay"

Jon Lukomnik: Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory and the Evolution of Corporate Governance.

Janine Yancey: "Boards Have To Address Social Issues"

David Curran: "ESG Is A Moving Target Even For The Best Companies"

Amy Borrus: The Council of Institutional Investors' Voice of Corporate Governance.

Nichol Garzon-Mitchell: Glass Lewis and the Proxy Advisory Landscape.

Aeisha Mastagni: CalSTRS Corporate Governance Principles and Activist Stewardship.

Peggy Foran: "Corporate Directors Have To Be Their Own Activists"

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy: "People Want The Experience They Don't Have In Their Day Job."

David Chun: "The Demand For New Directors Will Increase Exponentially Over the Next 12-24 Months."

David Berger: On Purpose, Dual-Class Stock, LTSE, Board Diversity, SPACs, Shareholder Activism and More.

Yumi Narita: Promoting Good Governance from the Comptroller's Office of NYC.