Writing
Governance
What a board's digital, AI and cybersecurity committee should do
Most boards know they must oversee technology risk. Fewer have decided who does it, how often, and against what standard. This is how I set it up for a first board.
Directors' and officers' insurance for a first board
A director joining a new board should ask one question early: who pays if I am sued? The answer depends on decisions the company makes well before it lists.
Choosing where to list: venue, vehicle and route
A growth-stage resource company preparing for public markets faces three linked decisions. Taking them together, and in the right order, saves time and money.
Essays
The unexpected edge Canadian companies bring to Latin America
There is a competitive advantage sitting inside most Canadian resource and technology companies considering Latin American operations. It does not show up on a balance sheet. It rarely comes up in investor presentations....
North Bay is not where I'm from. It's what I'm from.
A personal essay on formation, obligation, and what Northern Ontario still means, and still asks for.
WhenIWas15: Iconoclast
The origin of a professional identity, traced to a Time Canada article at age 15 and confirmed in a mentor's note twenty-four years later. Published on LinkedIn, May 2018.
What is your career narrative?
From ERP on paper in Northern Ontario to enterprise cloud transformation, tracing 40 years in technology as a single through-line. Published on LinkedIn, April 2016.
The future is yours. Let's build it.
If you are forming a board, preparing for public markets, adopting AI or entering a new market, I would like to hear about it. Send me a note here, or use the details below.
- Email: paul.desjardins@moveaddchange.ca
- Phone: 416 207-9022
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