No One-Size-Fits-All: Designing Boards for Adaptability and Strategic Depth [HBS]

Why does governance conversation so often drift toward universal, one-size-fits-all "best practices" when every company faces unique circumstances, risks, and strategic realities? In this episode, Doug Chia sits down with Lynn Sharp Paine and Suraj Srinivasan to discuss why true board effectiveness relies on deliberate, situational design choices rather than standard templates. Together, they explore the critical trade-offs boards face between breadth vs. depth, the concept of the "T-shaped d...