Board Practice

The Machinery of Reassurance

How hybrid authority, filtered information, and legal risk management combined to make denial a stable organisational state

Jan 9 • Richard Winfield

Prestige as Governance

How a board becomes a signalling device, and loses the ability to know what it is approving

Jan 9 • Richard Winfield

When Boards Are Negligent: Governance Failure and the Theranos Collapse

Executive Summary

Jan 9 • Richard Winfield

If Thames Water has failed, where is the fault?

A case study in how incentives beat intentions.

Nov 7, 2025 • Richard Winfield

Curiosity — The One Skill That Could Have Saved the Post Office

A reminder that challenge, not compliance, defines governance.

Oct 28, 2025 • Richard Winfield

Authority Bias – When Titles Trump Thinking

Why we sometimes follow the leader too easily

Oct 28, 2025 • Richard Winfield

The Anatomy of Denial:

How Britain’s Institutions Let the Post Office Rot from Within

Oct 23, 2025 • Richard Winfield

Confirmation Bias – Seeing What You Want to See

Why leaders must challenge their own thinking

Oct 23, 2025 • Richard Winfield

Wilful Blindness

Understanding the danger of ignoring uncomfortable truths

Oct 21, 2025 • Richard Winfield

Why Teams Sometimes Make Poor Decisions Together

Oct 10, 2025 • Richard Winfield

The Oracle and His Shadow

Buffett’s Lessons and Limits

Oct 9, 2025 • Richard Winfield

When the Planes Stop Flying — Governance, Culture, and the Value Chain

Handling Serious Incidents

Sep 25, 2025 • Richard Winfield

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