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The Lead Independent Director: organising independence inside the Board

by Guadalupe de la MataAIRIS, Resilience May 29, 2026May 29, 2026No Comments

What the role does, how it works across Europe and the United States, and why a clear mandate matters more than a title The Lead Independent Director is one of those board roles that exists in many jurisdictions under different names. In Spain it is called Consejero Coordinador Independiente, in the United Kingdom Senior Independent Director, in …

Why good governance means separating Chair and CEO

by Guadalupe de la MataAIRIS, Resilience, Uncategorized May 17, 2026May 29, 2026No Comments

Why the codes of good governance have recommended it for three decades, what has happened in Spain, and why the best argument has to do with how a board thinks. A story that begins with three scandals The principles of good governance that we take for granted today were forged in the wake of crisis. …

The AI-Augmented Boardroom

by Guadalupe de la MataAI, AIRIS May 3, 2026May 16, 2026No Comments

How Boards Are Starting to Use AI to Navigate Complexity, Risk and Strategic Decisions Artificial intelligence is reshaping companies, industries and entire business models. Yet one of its most consequential effects has barely been discussed: how AI is starting to transform the boardroom itself. Until recently, board-level conversations about AI were almost exclusively about oversight: …

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How Directors Can Start Using AI Before Their Boards Officially Adopt It

by Guadalupe de la MataAI, AIRIS, Resilience April 12, 2026May 15, 2026No Comments

How Directors Can Start Using AI Before Their Boards Officially Adopt It A practical four-phase system, with ten concrete tools, for directors who cannot yet upload board material into AI In conversations with directors and governance professionals, there is growing curiosity about how artificial intelligence can be used even before organisations formally allow it. That …

Artificial intelligence and collective decision-making in corporate boards

AI, Board Deliberation and Groupthink

by Guadalupe de la MataAIRIS, Anticipation April 5, 2026May 16, 2026No Comments

Since I started using AI, I have asked myself a question that I find both fascinating and unsettling: could regular use of these tools gradually erode some of our most essential cognitive capacities? And if so, what does that mean for board deliberation, where the quality of collective judgment depends entirely on each director thinking …

AI Does Not Invent Our Biases, It Reflects Them

by Guadalupe de la MataUncategorized February 25, 2026June 16, 2026No Comments

AI Bias and Human Judgment

Three Horizons Framework: a Foresight Tool for Strategy and Governance

by Guadalupe de la MataAIRIS, Anticipation February 10, 2026February 10, 2026No Comments

Most strategy problems are actually foresight problems.Not because we can’t analyse—but because we keep mixing now, next, and later. That timeline blur is why decisions loop, agendas overflow, and “alignment” stays fragile. That is why the Three Horizons framework has become one of the most practical foresight tools for leaders and boards because it restores temporal clarity—the starting point of good governance. What …

The Image of the Future: Why Social Imagination Shapes What We Build

by Guadalupe de la MataAIRIS, Anticipation February 8, 2026February 8, 2026No Comments

There is a difference between being realistic and letting risk run the whole conversation. Right now, many future narratives blur that line. We talk—often correctly—about what could go wrong: AI disruption, climate instability, institutional fragility, job displacement. The risks are real, and ignoring them would be irresponsible. And yet, when risk becomes the only frame, …

What AI Cannot Replace in Us

by Guadalupe de la MataAI, AIRIS May 16, 2025June 14, 2026No Comments

A second reflection on what remains uniquely human, built around the four capacities most worth protecting in the age of AI. In an earlier reflection, I described the afternoon by Lake Atitlán when I first used AI and asked a friend the question that has stayed with me ever since: if this is what AI …

How to Cascade Strategic Foresight Across the Organization: From Boardroom Vision to Frontline Action

by Guadalupe de la MataAIRIS, Anticipation May 10, 2025February 5, 2026No Comments

As companies face faster, deeper, and more interconnected disruptions, many are turning to strategic foresight to prepare for multiple futures. But in most organizations, this powerful capability remains confined to a small group: the board, the strategy office, or an elite innovation team. To unlock foresight’s full potential, companies must learn to cascade it. That means moving from …