Better Boards Conference 2026
Pathfinders – Governing with Courage
31 July - 1 August • Cairns Convention Centre
Presentation
'...Fortune Favours the Bold. I Prefer Naps and Caution.'
Jane Boag
Principal Advisor, What's The Plan
Jane Boag B. App Sc (OT), Grad Dip Community Health, GAICD, MICD. After a career in a variety of senior and executive roles in health, insurance and risk management, Jane is the name behind 'What's The Plan'; a consultancy focusing on strategic and practical enterprise risk management advisory to support decision-making.
Throughout her career, Jane has held a number of non-executive Director roles in Community Health, Aged Care, Disability and the Arts sectors, with a special interest in clinical governance.
So said the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz. The Lion goes on to say, ‘I’m not a coward — I’m an advanced risk assessor.’
What’s your appetite for risk and how does this play out at the board table?
When we sit at the board table, we each come with our own experiences, biases and appetite for taking risk, but we’re required to make collective decisions to further the organisation’s purpose.
How does risk thinking foster your strategic intent? Jane will use the example of board and CEO recruitment to highlight practical ways to apply risk thinking to support collective decision making and governing courageously.
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