Note: Only for directors and c-suite participants 

This virtual talk is a collaboration between the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).

In this interactive and engaging session with Pharid, he will share his insights from financial services to retail and public sector, and other industries to help board leaders better understand, not only what is disrupting his/her business today and in the future but, more importantly, present opportunities for taking advantage of this disruption.

Pharid will address the hot digital disruption themes and trends – with a distinctive North American perspective including:

Many boards spend years trying to optimise their performance, effectiveness, and efficiency, unfortunately with little success. What most don’t realise is that the foundational architecture, or structure, of the board is the most important focus area requiring attention to ensure long-term success. This is because proper board architecture considers multiple integrated facets of a board's appropriate makeup, not solely each individual board member's area of professional expertise or experience.

During this session, Dr. Breen will walk you through an actionable insights-focused plan that will outline using social media to stay connected and top of mind, building and maintaining an online presence, professionalism on channels like LinkedIn and Twitter, how often you should post, and how to build and engage a targeted audience. He will explore the nuances and challenges of having an online presence for executives and board members.

Sustainability is over. Sustaining our current economic models and business approach isn’t only failing to address our urgent interdependent and interconnected challenges, it’s barely even slowing the damage. We need to radically rethink how we frame purpose and impact to deliver wellbeing and ecosystem resilience. We need to rapidly design and implement a regenerative philosophy.

“Stakeholder engagement is no longer optional in this day and age. If you want to succeed, you need to adopt a more inclusive approach by embedding stakeholder engagement in your strategic decision-making and business processes.”

With COVID-19 affecting our ability to hold board meetings face to face, many organisations are holding their board and senior leadership team meetings virtually. The shift to virtual environments is now the new normal, but how can companies and their boards successfully navigate the waters of online meetings to maintain performance and ensure effective decision-making at a distance – while preserving good governance?