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Governing Without a Playbook: Board Leadership in the New Geopolitical Era

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September 29, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Webinar

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About The Event

Credits: 1 NACD/CPE Credit

The most consequential shift in global business strategy in three decades has arrived — and board directors are expected to navigate it without established models. This session equips directors with practical frameworks for overseeing geopolitical risk, from AI-driven technology competition and supply chain restructuring to the rise of strategic national capital and the collapse of the pure cost-optimization era of globalization.

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Learning Objectives

  • Recognize why traditional geopolitical risk models no longer apply and how deglobalization, reshoring, and national capital programs are reshaping competitive strategy.
  • Identify where your organization is most vulnerable across supply chains, technology, regulatory shifts, and geopolitical alignment pressure.
  • Clarify how directors should engage on geopolitical issues, what signals to monitor, and how to evaluate management readiness and response plans.
  • Understand how AI, quantum computing, and robotics cycles measured in months — not decades — are redefining geopolitical and competitive power. 
  • Apply actionable tools and frameworks to identify where geopolitical change creates competitive advantage and position the company accordingly.

Who Should Attend:

  • Corporate directors and board chairs, particularly those on risk, audit, or strategy committees
  • Directors serving on boards with global supply chain, technology, or capital-markets exposure
  • NACD members
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Key Benefits

Proactive Monitoring and Scenario Planning

Attendees would gain strategies for monitoring key signals and scenarios, enabling boards to anticipate and respond to shifts that could impact operations or strategic priorities.

Sharper Risk Visibility

Supply chain exposure, geopolitical entanglement, and technology disruption are now board-level fiduciary issues. Directors leave with clarity on where their companies are most vulnerable before a crisis forces the conversation.

Strategic Intelligence on the New Capital Landscape

State-backed initiatives and sovereign wealth are reshaping who boards are competing with — and partnering with. Understanding this shifts how directors think about capital allocation, partnerships, and long-term competitive positioning.

Boardroom Confidence and Credibility

Directors who understand these macro shifts ask better questions, challenge management assumptions more effectively, and lead more informed strategic discussions — across every industry and every board they serve on.

A Lasting Competitive Advantage

Directors will discover that geostrategic competition is not a passing cycle but a defining feature of the modern operating environment. Boards that institutionalize this perspective will be better positioned to anticipate change, adapt strategy, and sustain long-term competitive advantage.

The Next Evolution of Board Leadership

 Attendees will gain a deeper appreciation for the board's expanding mandate: not only to protect and create shareholder value, but also to strengthen the resilience of the enterprise in ways that reinforce economic and national resilience. The result is governance that is both strategically agile and societally consequential and societally consequential.

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Event Speakers

Jesus Mantas

NACD Board Member

Jesus Mantas is the Global Managing Partner in IBM Consulting responsible for Business Transformation Services. He leads the global team of IBM professionals helping clients design, transform and operate their mission critical business processes, integrating technology with consulting expertise to accelerate their digital transformations....
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Ryan McManus

Founder, techtonic; Director, Nortech Systems; President, NACD NY; Director, Empower

Ryan McManus is an entrepreneur, investor, board director, and founder of techtonic.io, where he advises Fortune 500 companies, governments, start-ups, and private equity investors on AI, emerging technologies, and business-model strategy. He serves on the boards of Nortech Systems and the NACD New York Chapter, and on the advisory boards of Limbik AI and ArcticBlue AI....
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Michael Montelongo

Michael Montelongo

NACD Board Member

Michael Montelongo served as Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Corporate Affairs and previously, as Chief Strategy Officer for Sodexo, Inc., the leading $9 billion, 133,000-person B2B and B2G facilities and hospitality solutions enterprise in North America....
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NACD Credits

One (1) NACD credit will be applied to your NACD transcript after the event based on attendee's session attendance.

NASBA Continuing Professional Education

Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits (e.g., Certified Public Accountants) are available for the Compensation Committee Series webinar. NACD is listed in the National Registry of CPE Sponsors of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.

  • Instructional delivery methods: Group Internet
  • Number of Hours: 1.0
  • Field of Study: Business Management and Organization
  • Level: Basic
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Advance preparation: None

 

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Governing Without a Playbook: Board Leadership in the New Geopolitical Era

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