EY Center for Board Matters Insights on how boards approach digitalization

As technological advances disrupt the global business landscape, digital transformation has become a top priority for boards. Board members’ areas of focus include:

• Balancing the demands of digital transformation with running day-to-day operations and managing the risks arising from an increasingly volatile economic, political and social environment

• Ensuring that the board is composed of the right people, with the right competencies, to navigate an era of rapid technological change

• Exploring ways to use digital technology to facilitate better communication within the board and to hold more effective board meetings