50+ essays on corporate governance

Ideas.

Three decades of observing boards, organized into eleven sections. Each essay lands a provocative idea with data, real cases and, when it applies, a question for your next board meeting. (Essays are in Spanish.)

11 thematic sections

Where to start

Chairing & board leadership

Why the chair’s role is the most underrated lever in corporate governance.

7 essays II

Director archetypes

The taxonomy: who contributes and who decorates in a boardroom.

8 essays III

Board dynamics & dysfunctions

The psychology, biology and sociology of what fails behind the closed door.

8 essays IV

Process, meetings & decisions

The difference between a board that deliberates and one that merely approves.

5 essays V

Strategy & risk from the board

Telling strategic governance apart from strategic theater.

5 essays VI

Board–CEO relationship

The most political and least discussed axis of corporate governance.

4 essays VII

Family business

Where corporate governance meets blood and wealth.

5 essays VIII

AI, digital & cybersecurity

The board’s technology agenda for 2026.

3 essays IX

ESG & purpose

Beyond greenwashing and the annual report.

2 essays X

Diversity & composition

The uncomfortable conversation that regulation didn’t resolve.

2 essays XI

Director onboarding & career

The truths no one tells you before you accept your first seat.

2 essays

Books & chapters

Beyond the essays

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Directorios en Acción — selected chapters

A selection of chapters from my book Directorios en Acción: Creating Sustainable Value in Latin America (co-edited with Felipe Aldunate, ESE Business School), on the role of the board, corporate governance and value creation. In Spanish.

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