Culture Governance: The Governance Domain That Determines Whether Everything Else Works, written by Daniel, Principal Advisor at Valens Advisory, an independent UK governance consultancy based in London, UK. Working with Private equity, fintech, tech and sporting organisations on bespoke consultancy packages to improve growth and reduce risk under pressure

Your board meets regularly. Minutes are taken. Decisions are recorded. On paper, your board governance looks perfectly adequate. And yet something is not working. Decisions get made but not implemented. Accountability is claimed but not exercised. The right questions are never asked because nobody is quite sure whose job it is to ask them. The board has authority, but the organisation does not feel governed. The difference between a board that exists and a board that governs