• Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein

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Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein

By: Evan Epstein
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  • In-depth interview podcast with leading corporate governance experts, including world-class founders, scholars, board members, executives, investors and more. The content is structured as a long-form conversation to explore not only the latest corporate governance trends, but also to get some personal insights from some of the best and brightest minds behind America's boardrooms.
    2020-2024 Boardroom Governance
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Episodes
  • Oliver Cummings: Unlocking Boardroom Excellence - Insights from Nurole's CEO

    Oliver Cummings: Unlocking Boardroom Excellence - Insights from Nurole's CEO
    Jul 29 2024
    (0:00) Intro.(1:20) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(2:07) Start of interview. (2:58) Oliver's origin story.(7:00) His experience in private equity with PE-backed boards.(9:57) About the mission and focus of Nurole, the UK-based board search firm where he serves as CEO. (12:27) On Nurole's network of 65,000+ board leaders (two parts: free and paid offerings).(20:16) Demystifying the board search process, four key stages:Briefing stageSourcing processAssessment phaseOnboarding (ongoing support)(25:19) From a board candidate perspective.(28:14) On board evaluations.(32:44) Common characteristics of directors in board placements (they place ~1,000 directors per year).(33:50) On board culture and values of directors.(37:00) On specialized directors.(43:16) Differences between UK and US boards.Role of the ChairBoard searchBoard compensationLitigation Risk(48:35) Other board issues to consider: 1) are boards generating value, and 2) revisiting board education.(52:48) About his podcast Enter the Boardroom.(55:15) His favorite episodes: Roger Martin, Baroness Helena Morrissey and Sir Richard Dearlove.(59:20) Books that have greatly influenced his life: The Aeneid, by Virgil (19 BC)Mindset, by Carol Dweck (2006)How Will You Measure Your Life, by Clay Christensen (2012)(01:00:30) His mentors. (01:02:13) Quotes that he thinks of often or lives his life by.(01:03:16) An unusual habit or absurd thing that he loves: the Eglu chicken coop.(01:04:45) The living person he most admires.Oliver Cummings is the CEO of Nurole, a UK-based board search firm with 65,000+ members globally and about 1,000 board placements per year. He's also the host of the Enter the Boardroom Podcast. You can follow Evan on social media at:Twitter: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__You can join as a Patron of the Boardroom Governance Podcast at:Patreon: patreon.com/BoardroomGovernancePod__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Thompson Paine (Anthropic): "I Think the Potential of AI Technology is Massive"

    Thompson Paine (Anthropic): "I Think the Potential of AI Technology is Massive"
    Jul 17 2024
    (0:00) Intro.(1:05) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(1:52) Start of interview. (2:28) Thompson's origin story.(3:42) His startup work at Quizlet (joined a 5 person team) and Stripe (from 2k to 8k employees). Joined Anthropic in early 2023.(6:25) On China-US relations, and the course he teaches at Vanderbilt Law School: Emerging Technologies, Law, and U.S.-China Competition.(11:04) On startup incorporations, Delaware, and other thoughts for entrepreneurs. Reference to Stripe Atlas.(14:18) Unveiling the AI investment landscape. Increase in capital and talent in AI technologies. "Companies at the frontier of building LLMs: Anthropic, OpenAI, Alphabet and Meta."(19:15) On the international AI landscape. China wanting to overcome its "century of humiliation."(21:55) Origin story and mission of Anthropic. The eight founders left OpenAI in 2021. Claude 3.5 Sonnet.(26:14) Anthropic's Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) and Long Term Benefit Trust (LTBT) model.(29:24) How to think about AI and its paradigm shift for corporate directors.(31:05) Claude products for consumers and enterprise.(33:36) On the future of work with impact of AI.(35:17) San Francisco's evolving role as a global tech hub.(37:37) Is AI overhyped or underhyped? "The impact of AI will be somewhere between the internet platform shift to the next industrial revolution (...) and if the next internet is kind of the lower bound of the impact AI will have on society and the economy and technology more broadly, then that's a pretty significant impact."(40:05) On the "stay private vs go public" debate.(42:48) More thoughts for directors on AI. Prof Ethan Mollick: "The AI you're using today is the worst AI you will ever use." (43:48) Books that have greatly influenced his life: The Children, by David Halberstam (1998)Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler (2006)All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1929)(46:42) His mentors. Chris Klein and Dan Crittenbrink (State Department). Chip Blacker (Stanford).(47:53) Quotes that he thinks of often or lives his life by.(48:40) An unusual habit or absurd thing that he loves: Antique maps and running everyday.(50:28) The living person he most admires.Thompson Paine is the head of business operations at Anthropic, one of the leading AI companies in San Francisco. You can follow Evan on social media at:Twitter: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__You can join as a Patron of the Boardroom Governance Podcast at:Patreon: patreon.com/BoardroomGovernancePod__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
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    52 mins
  • Natasha Allen: Navigating AI Regulation, Exits, and Boardroom Challenges

    Natasha Allen: Navigating AI Regulation, Exits, and Boardroom Challenges
    Jul 9 2024

    (0:00) Intro

    (1:20) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.

    (2:06) Start of interview.

    (2:37) Natasha's "origin story."

    (6:25) On the risks and opportunities for AI.

    (8:39) On the regulatory landscape of AI in the US. Reference to President Biden's Executive Order.

    (11:40) On California's regulation of AI (SB 1047).

    (15:24) On the international AI regulatory landscape, including the EU AI legislation.

    (20:35) On the state of startups and venture capital in Silicon Valley.

    (25:34) On the 'stay private or go public' debate.

    (28:50) On the increased antitrust scrutiny by the FTC and DOJ, particularly in tech industry.

    (30:08) On the increased national security scrutiny via CFIUS reviews. The new geopolitics of dealmaking.

    (35:46) On the increased politicization of the boardroom, including ESG and DEI.

    (38:32) On boardroom diversity and challenges to SB-826 and AB-979 (California), and Nasdaq's Diversity Rule.

    (42:20) Books that have greatly influenced her life:

    1. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (1960)
    2. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Altwood (1985)
    3. Animal Farm, by George Orwell (1945)

    (42:57) Her mentors.

    (43:49) Quotes that she thinks of often or lives her life by: "Don't Self-Select."

    (51:17) An unusual habit or absurd thing that he loves.

    (44:17) The living person that she most admires. One of them is Michelle Obama.

    Natasha Allen is a partner at Foley & Lardner in Silicon Valley, serving as Co-Chair for Artificial Intelligence, Co-Chair of the Venture Capital Committee, and a member of the Venture Capital, M&A, and Transactions Practices.

    You can follow Evan on social media at:

    Twitter: @evanepstein

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/

    Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/

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    You can join as a Patron of the Boardroom Governance Podcast at:

    Patreon: patreon.com/BoardroomGovernancePod

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    Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
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    46 mins
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