Governance & Leadership Association, Case Study

Helping Directors Prepare for What Their CEOs Were Never Hired to Handle

The Australian Institute of Company Directors brought Morris in to work with directors who knew their current frameworks weren’t built for what was coming. Across multiple sessions from a closed-door leadership foresight workshop to keynote appearances for not-for-profit leaders Morris worked with AICD members to explore the future of governance, decision-making, and strategic leadership.

He challenged the room to go beyond succession planning and scenario mapping, and instead question whether their boards were hiring leaders prepared for the world ahead. Using foresight frameworks and real-world signals, Morris explored the rising demands of ethical leadership, stakeholder complexity, AI fluency, and trust architecture. These weren’t speculative talks. They were active sessions where directors re-evaluated their own roles and responsibilities in shaping long-term value.

Shift: From risk oversight to future-facing leadership design.

The result? Enduring influence on how AICD supports its members’ strategic thinking with Morris’s provocations now embedded in boardroom conversations, event programming, and director education sessions.