Digital Boardroom Quotes

“Digital boards should set the tone for talent development and management.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“Digital board directors with the right dose of “doubt” are real critical thinkers who can ask deep questions.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“Good policy makes good things easy to do, and bad things hard to do.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“Digital leaders today need to become more inquisitive, creative, and informative.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The boards as top leadership team can no longer avoid, delegate, or ignore the need for technical competency among their ranks.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The board directors see the development of strategy as a collective effort between themselves and management, rather than a question of “us versus them.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The high performing board shows the ability and openness to “question itself, senior management team, and its decision/discussions.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The paradox is “a situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“It takes a lot of energy to break old habits and outdated thought processes.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“A solution is nothing if the problem is not perceived.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“Each functional leader owns their piece of sub-strategies, but they have to work collaboratively to ensure the cohesive strategy management.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“Asking insightful and pertinent questions is critical for governing changes at the board-level.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The digital board directors need to be independent thinkers, unbiased communicators, wise advisors, flexible facilitators, and global leaders these days.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The board directors need to gain a deeper understanding of the enterprise in order to be a credible actor in the strategic dialogue.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The key to organizational success is to integrate next generation of leaders, tap into their way of looking at the world, solve problems in a very collaborative working style.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“Every authentic leader needs to mind certain gaps and bridge the cognitive difference.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“Digital leaders including board directors today need to understand that the linear management skills are not sufficient to lead today’s nonlinear digital world with the deep learning curve.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“An IT-friendly board should oversee the business strategy with IT strategy as an integral component.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The board’s IT investment review and strategy oversight help to fill the blind spots and bring the new perspective on improving information system effectiveness and efficiency.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“How deeply the corporate boards can dig and which questions they should ask will directly impact on the success rate of IT investment and the boardroom governance effectiveness.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“IT savvy boards will have the advantage of pulling enough resources and pushing the technology-enabled business change and innovation.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“Many foresightful boards invite CIOs to the big table for bridging gaps and harnessing communications to accelerate digital transformation.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“To gain digital insight and lead business transformation effortlessly, the digital board directors need to become more information savvy and IT friendly.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The board’s oversight of information management can highlight the importance of information flow, set the tone for building the culture of information-based decision-making.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“Board directors as key strategic decision makers in the organization need to understand the information potential and become IT advocates.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The digital board’s IT inquiries help to clarify the strategic role of IT in maximizing business potential.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“Leadership including directorship is crucial to strengthen the business links and weave them to the differentiated business capabilities.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The digital boards today should be informed on what benefit is being delivered by IT and aware of constraints and risks.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The board should frequently brainstorm IT impact on the business and leverage technological vision to the business’s strategic planning.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as

“The board’s oversight of information management agenda helps to highlight the strategic perspective of IT and improve its differentiated value.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&as