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Australia’s top boards reaching 40 per cent women
Australian Institute of Company DirectorsAnalysis of board diversity data released today by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) reveals that the ASX 20 and ASX 50 have at least 40 per cent women on boards, with rapid progress being seen across the index.
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A solicitor’s guide to responsible use of artificial intelligence
Law Society JournalAI systems are powerful tools and can be of great assistance in legal practice if used correctly and within the goalposts of solicitors’ ethical and professional obligations. For solicitors to be able to gauge and assess whether AI is being used within these goal posts, its recommended they have a general...
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AI is testing the limits of corporate governance
Roberto Tallarita, Harvard Business ReviewCan AI safety shed any light on old corporate governance problems? And can the law and economics of corporate governance help us frame the new problems of AI safety?
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AI Is testing the limits of corporate governance
Roberto Tallarita, Harvard Business ReviewCan AI safety shed any light on old corporate governance problems? And can the law and economics of corporate governance help us frame the new problems of AI safety? There are five lessons — and one dire warning — on the corporate governance of AI made vivid by the corporate turmoil at OpenAI.
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What happened at OpenAI? A guide to the corporate drama
Sam ForsdickDays after his ousting from the company, Sam Altman has returned as CEO of OpenAI. Here’s how events transpired...
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The corporate governance failure at the heart of Sam Altman’s ouster from OpenAI
Duane Valz, Medium, 21 November 2023In this piece, the author examines both the flawed corporate structure of OpenAI, and the neglect of governance evolution during a year of immense change. Those things led to the chaos that unfolded around the firing of Sam Altman.
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Ditch performance reviews and do this instead
Liz Ryan, RaconteurAs companies reach the end of the year, they enter into a 'performance review season' - determining annual bonuses and salary adjustments. However, Raconteur's columnist Liz Ryan calls these processes "costly, drawn out and demotivating" suggesting that a constructive alternative is...
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The return of history: and the vanishing gap between business strategy and corporate public affairs
Peter Metcalfe, Guest Faculty Member of ACCPA’s Professional Development Institute, The Centre for Corporate Public AffairsThrough the 1990s, the world seemed a certain place, converging on peace and pragmatism. Democratic and non-democratic leaders alike were reconciling the market with social progress and liberal democracy – Clinton in the White House, Blair in Downing Street, Schroder in the Bundeskanzleramt, even Yeltsin in the...
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What matters most? Five priorities for CEOs in the next normal
Homayoun Hatami & Liz Hilton Segel, McKinsey & Company, 08 September 2021Over the course of the pandemic, businesses have largely – and often successfully – adapted to new ways of working. They have embraced digitisation and reorganised their supply chains. All of this has been necessary, but it will not be enough. To prepare for the post-COVID-19 era, leaders need to do more than fine-tune their day-to-day tasks –...
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Are employees a cause of bad management?
James Adonis, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 August 2021Most research on reasons why employees hate their job is typically directed towards a single culprit: their manager. But employee engagement expert James Adonis asks, could it be some employees are in fact the cause of their boss’ bad behaviour? That’s the premise of a fresh study, the findings of which are due to be published next month, run...
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