https://betterboards.net/author/brendan-bailey/ Recent content in Articles written by Brendan Bailey on Better Boards Hugo en-AU https://betterboards.net/board-dynamics/the-culture-question-your-board-isnt-asking/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:30:42 +0000 https://betterboards.net/board-dynamics/the-culture-question-your-board-isnt-asking/ <p><strong>Governance borrows from law, accounting, and economics. It has borrowed almost nothing from neuroscience. That is the gap.</strong></p> <p>Consider what happens in a boardroom when the agenda turns to a serious matter. A complaint about the CEO. A financial shock. A governance failure surfaced at the last minute. The papers have been circulated, the process is correct, and yet something shifts in the room. Some directors go quiet. Others become pointed and combative. The chair moves quickly, perhaps too quickly, towards resolution. A director who raised concerns in the pre-meeting falls silent when others push back. The decision is made, and the minutes will reflect a considered process.</p>