Stop “Fixing” Women and Start Fixing Managers

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, HBR Blog Network, February 12, 2014 We are finally getting to a tipping point on the analysis of gender imbalances in companies. After decades of pointing the finger at women and what they do, don’t do, or do too much, a chorus of...

Andreessen Defends His Behavior on eBay’s Board

Michael J. de la Merced, The New York Times, March 3, 2014 Technology investor Marc Andreessen defended his conduct as an eBay director in a post on his venture capital firm’s blog after a week of attacks by Carl C. Icahn, stating that he had behaved...

When Start-Ups Don’t Lock the Doors

Jenna Wortham and Nicole Perlroth, The New York Times, March 2, 2014 Young tech companies have a long list of to-dos. Signing up users and raising money are usually at the top of the list. Much further down? Data security. That neglect has recently come back...

Building a forward-looking board

Christian Casal and Christian Caspar, McKinsey Quarterly, February 2014 This article posits that Directors should spend a greater share of their time shaping an agenda for the future and discusses ways in which to find the right balance between looking back...