Digital Governance

Corporate governance in a digital world

Month: September 2020

Vital that company boards actively engage with digital transformation

If digital transformation is strategically critical, it should be at the top of the agenda. Boards should have continuously updated business intelligence, follow the actions of the CEO and the executive management closely and take every opportunity for insight and influence. This is the advice of Helena Levander, chair and board member of a number of companies. She believes that boards in recent years have gone from exaggerated respect to … Read more

“Grundfos’ digital transformation may be the smartest ever”

In May 2017, Fredrik Östbye accepted an assignment: carry out the smartest and most intelligently executed digital transformation of any industrial company. The challenge came from world leading Danish pump-maker Grundfos – looking to shift from selling pumps to providing water-as-a-service. Three years later, the transformation is complete. When Fredrik Östbye accepted the assignment as Group Vice President and Head of digital transformation at Grundfos, he was given a time … Read more