Technology Leadership in
the Boardroom: Driving
Trust and Value
2024 Blue Ribbon Commission Report
A New Board Imperative
The 2024 Blue Ribbon Commission report calls on boards to govern technology with more definition, a more strategic focus, and more proficiency, carefully balancing the pursuit of innovation and value with the protection of hard-earned trust.
This comprehensive report contains the guidance and tools needed to strengthen technology oversight in the boardroom.
This report is for NACD members only.
Bridging Past, Present, and Future
Business needs engaged, responsible, and courageous technology governance more than ever before, and boards must challenge themselves to provide that governance.
Technology Leadership in the Boardroom: Driving Trust and Value is a blueprint for boards looking to bridge past and current practices to future-oriented, leading engagement on technology oversight.
Move from...
- Oversight practices and agendas fit for more traditional governance topics
- Uneven technology proficiency that may not align with shifting business needs
- Governance focused largely on backward-looking risk metrics instead of future strategy and value creation
To…
- Improved board processes and approaches for stronger, more dynamic oversight
- Improved knowledge and capacity to build and apply director insights
- Strategy-centered, risk-and-opportunity-balanced governance that “looks around corners”
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Letter from the Cochairs
The Case and Call for Action
Recommendations for Action
Toolkit for Action
The 2024 Co-Chairs and Commissioners
The 2024 report was developed with the collective experience and insights of the diverse 24-member Commission who serve on more than 50 boards in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
Nora Denzel
Advanced Micro Devices (Lead Independent Director and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee), Gen Digital, and NACD
David Kenny
Former CEO, Digitas, Nielsen, and The Weather Company Best Buy (Chair) and Nielsen (Executive Chair)
Recommendations for Action
Ten Recommendations for Technology Leadership in the Boardroom
Strengthen Oversight
Revise board processes, practices, and structures to oversee how technology will impact the way the company creates value. The board’s work to strengthen oversight reinforces its role as a thoughtful management advisor and authority.
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Deepen Insight
Gain a more robust understanding of complex new technologies and management’s plans to take advantage of them. Deeper insight enables the board to have fuller, context-driven dialogues with management about technology opportunities and risks.
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Develop Foresight
Pressure test assumptions about beliefs, plans, and investments related to technology, and dedicate resources to forward-looking discussions. This practice allows the board to form a trusted partnership with management in their joint discovery of new technology opportunities and outcomes.
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Toolkit for Action
Explore tools you can use now to strengthen technology leadership in your boardroom.
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