Are the right minds at your table – for the questions of tomorrow?
Instead of a fixed advisory board that meets quarterly and looks backwards: a moderated board that assembles itself around the question at hand, reacts early to signals and actively supports the management.
Is it enough to just oversee?
Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, amplified by geopolitics and artificial intelligence. Classic boards with fixed members and quarterly reviews barely keep up. Management usually knows what is best for the company, as long as it has the full picture. A good board helps avoid blind spots.
Four reasons why boards do not work
Pace and AI
- The environment is accelerating
- AI is changing business models
- Boards cannot keep up
Divided investors
- Different goals at the table
- Strategic decisions blocked
Lack of alignment
- Shareholders and management do not pull together
- Priorities remain unclear
Passive boards
- Conflicts are avoided
- The steering function remains unused
A fixed core – and the right experts for the right question
Not every topic needs the same board members. Around a fixed, moderated core we draw on our network of entrepreneurs, executives, investors and industry experts to add exactly the perspectives the question requires. Choose a topic:
How do we keep growing profitably?
New markets, new products, more sales, and the question of what the company needs operationally and financially for it.
- Which markets and customers carry the growth?
- What must the organization be able to do for this?
- How is the growth financed?
The truth rarely lies in black or white
Studies show: in complex situations, success depends heavily on the diversity of perspectives. Different opinions reduce risks but need moderation so that no stress builds up in the system. Whoever knows the whole playing field takes the first step towards de-risking. The decision then rests with the entrepreneur.
See earlier, act earlier
A quarterly review shows what has happened. Leading indicators show what is happening right now, and give you time that is often decisive. AI prepares data, scenarios and counter-positions. The assessment stays with people who have experience.
What the board gets from it
- Monthly dashboards with lead indicators instead of quarterly slides
- AI summarizes, tests assumptions and formulates counter-positions
- Meetings for decisions instead of reports
- Between meetings: sparring on demand
Four steps to a board that works
The composition follows from what the company needs, not from who happens to be available.
Determine the position
The BASE Check shows where the company stands and where it wants to go. The target-actual analysis is the basis for further development.
BASE CheckAssemble the board
Which processes and competencies are critical for the next step? From that follows who sits in the core and who joins per topic.
Competency analysisSet up the rhythm
Meeting format, dashboard with leading indicators and AI-supported preparation, matched to the company's stage.
Dynamic dashboardsModerate and follow through
We moderate the different perspectives, set priorities and follow up on implementation with management.
ModerationThree typical occasions
Grow in a structured way
Translate strategy, growth and AI consistently into day-to-day business, with a board that follows through.
Prepare the handover
Build up successors, involve family and management, keep options open, up to a transaction.
Steer together
Bring several shareholders or investors onto a shared strategy without burdening management.
As much board as your situation needs
From a one-off workshop to a permanent mandate, individually or combined.
Ad-hoc board
- One-off, moderated workshop on a specific question
- Experts from our network, matched to the topic
- Decision paper covering the full range of options
- Ongoing support
Dynamic Advisory Board
- Fixed, moderated core, e.g. quarterly meetings
- Experts depending on the question, also joining digitally
- Dynamic dashboard with leading indicators
- AI-supported preparation and sparring on demand
Board moderation
- Moderation of advisory board and shareholder meetings
- Alignment between shareholders, investors and management
- Board processes for the age of AI and dynamics
- Setting priorities, resolving decision gridlock
Board mandates
- Permanent or flexible advisory and supervisory board members
- Independent, entrepreneurial, with operational experience
- Representation of shareholders on the board
We are entrepreneurs and investors, have founded, led, developed and sold companies, and know both sides of the table. We do not always agree, and that is a good thing: often the best path lies somewhere in between.
What entrepreneurs want to know before an Advisory Board
Does this replace our existing advisory board?
Not necessarily. We often complement an existing board with moderation, dashboards or experts on individual topics. Where it makes sense, we also take on permanent mandates.
Who sits at the table?
A fixed core of moderation, shareholders and management. Depending on the question, entrepreneurs, executives, investors and industry experts from our network join, deliberately with different views.
How often does the board meet?
As often as the situation requires: as a one-off workshop, quarterly, or at shorter intervals in critical phases. The dashboard keeps running in between.
What role does AI play?
AI prepares: it summarizes data, calculates scenarios and formulates counter-positions. People with experience assess and decide, in the board and in management.
How confidential is this?
All board members and experts brought in are bound to confidentiality. What information an expert receives depends on their question.
Who is sitting at your table?
In a non-binding intro call we clarify which format fits your situation, and which perspectives are missing today.
Schedule an intro call