Boards Need to Rethink How They Advise CEOs

HBR (31 Mar 2026) by David Garfield names the paradox of board advisory effectiveness: AlixPartners Disruption Index data shows 72% of CEOs find it increasingly difficult to set priorities amid disruptive forces, yet 87% say their boards have the right people and knowledge to help them. The gap is not capability — it is design. Garfield argues boards can close it by working with CEOs to design interactions that surface better questions, provoke better discussions, and focus conversation on the right priorities. A clean anchor for MOFU content on board operating-system design and advisory-process redesign.