87. Help me bring new talent into the governance arena

SCRIPT I’ve been in the corporate governance “world” for about 20 years – mostly focused in Canada. I’ve built an amazing and humbling community of people who care about me, and I care about them. Whenever we can, we work together to help boards and executives do things a bit better than they did yesterday, and overall I think it makes a difference. The thing is, when you zero in on the world of people who do practical research or offer professional services, or generate new and cool ideas around good governance, the population is very small. Making things worse, I – and the other few people who do what I do – have done a super awful job at creating a pipeline of talent behind us. Granted, there are some important factors working against us. First, could there be a less sexy pair of words than “corporate governance?” Second, it’s not like there’s this obvious pile of career opportunities in the governance space that’s just sitting there waiting for talented people to jump in. And most of all, I’m pretty sure that none of the people in the space right now – me least of all – could say with any confidence what combination of experience, personality, skill, or magic we hope to find when we go out looking for new, young talented people. If you’re a fan of OMG and you feel the least bit of inspiration to reach out, my email address is [email protected]. I probably don’t have a job for you, but I really want to talk.