In this episode
- Australia's rising cyber costs: what the latest threat report tells us about organisational resilience and the board's preparedness for a serious incident.
- Singapore's new AI governance guidelines: what regulators expect of boards, and why knowing where AI is being used matters for organisations everywhere.
- The ever more crowded board agenda: new research from Teneo explores how growing demands on directors are squeezing the time available for strategy.
- Do boards agree on their biggest risks? A UK survey finds chairs, non-executives and chief executives rank risks very differently: 38 per cent of non-executives put cyber in their top three, against 8 per cent of chief executives.
We also revisit a question raised at London's NED Debate: could directors using the same AI tools end up thinking alike?
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Sources
- Australian Signals Directorate, Annual Cyber Threat Report 2025–26
- Insurance Business Australia, 27 October 2026, report of the ASD figures and the director-general's remarks
- National Cyber Security Centre, Annual Review 2025 (UK comparison)
- Monetary Authority of Singapore, Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence Risk Management for Financial Institutions, 7 October 2026
- PwC Singapore, summary of the MAS guidelines
- Danish Standards, EU AI Act timetable (digital omnibus)
- Teneo, The New Board Imperative: Governing What's Next, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, 26 October 2026 (original publication)
- Eton Bridge Partners, Board & CEO Insights Report 2026: summary and report download
- NEDness on LinkedIn, the NED Debate post, 6 November 2026