Upcoming Events
We believe in continued learning and members are expected to join regular events to stay up-to-date and share their experiences. Under Chatham House Rules real life cases are discussed. In a different setting than the board, members can take time for reflection, intervision and discussion with other supervisory board members and external speakers.
Masterclass
Master Classes are aimed at learning about (more than discussing) specific governance issues. Focus on technicalities, legal aspects, accountability and liabilities. The master classes are typically 2 hours in total of which 1 hour is spent on theory and 1 hours on discussions and Q&A. For example:
- Governance during times of Merger & Acquisition. The supervisory board has a special role in the run-up to, during and after such a process. A lot of different stakeholder interests to monitor, the issues of conflicts of interest between Supervisors and Management, and additional formal roles for Supervisors during the M&A process.
Goverance Lab
Governance Labs consists of content based discussions and interpersonal skills stimulated by actual (case) situations and discussion, all supported by experts in the field and case-related subject matter experts. For example:
- Governance and the extraordinary stakeholders. An organization with a ‘Nobel Prize winner’, a powerful pater familias or a brilliant inventor. Stakeholders with extraordinary, but informal power. How their brilliance and their autonomy cause issues for trying to keep an organization on the supervisory ‘straight and narrow’.
Roundtable
Roundtables are smaller events on a specific subject (e.g. sustainability, AI, Board dynamics) organized where experienced directors share their insights and experiences. They are typically organized around a lunch or dinner with a duration of 1 to 1.5 hours.
- Board practices across different cultures where an experience international board member shared particular differences in countries and how culture has an impact on board dynamics.
Upcoming events and modules
Past Events and News
IN-BOARD Module – Strategy – McKinsey
We started the day with an interesting and unusual way of introduction of each attendee followed by group work that led to a deeper understanding of how strategy development is very different depending on the context the organization finds itself in. Four distinct domains were defined: Clear, Complicated, Complex and Chaotic (the four Cs) and how best to approach strategy development in each of these domains. The Clear domain reflects one where rules are in place and the relationship [...]
Governance Lab – Portfolio Management, key for your fortunes!
Portfolio Management, key for your fortunes! That was the debate at Philips in a joint symposium with INSEAD Directors Network Netherlands on September 1st, 2026. A Lab on ‘Portfolio management and governance as key success factors for innovation and venturing’ Fred Langerak professor and vice-dean at Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences department at TU/e. Presented the difference between risk and uncertainty. Manage your portfolio according the uncertainty: Known-unknowns: manage project execution Unknown-unknowns: manage uncertainty reduction Sjoerd Kamerbeek, lawyer and [...]
IN-BOARD Module – KPMG – What’s the right balance between driving robust governance and putting yet more compliance procedures in place?
8 June 2026 That was one question leading to debate at this week's IN-BOARD module, hosted by the INSEAD Directors Network Netherlands at KPMG in Amstelveen. The session focused on the control & audit aspects for a supervisory board in a context of rising complexity, stakeholder pressure and risk. It positioned the board not only as a governance body but also as a competitive advantage that can support management and add value. A few insights that stood out: → [...]
Courageous Governance | INSEAD Strategy Forum | boards leading under uncertainty
🏛️ Courageous Governance | INSEAD Strategy Forum | boards leading under uncertainty On 4 June, IDN Netherlands hosted a breakout session at the INSEAD Strategy Forum in museum ’t Hart, Amsterdam. Governance was built for a world where the future was broadly continuous with the past. That world is gone. We explored the Exploit–Explore balance. Board agendas remain dominated by oversight and performance review — the Exploit side. The case for a shift is clear: boards need to build [...]
IN-BOARD Module – Board Effectiveness – Egon Zehnder
11 May 2026 Are Dutch candidates quietly stepping back from their own boardrooms? That was one of the more thought-provoking questions raised at this week's IN-BOARD module, hosted by the @INSEAD Directors Network Netherlands at @Egon Zehnder in Amsterdam. The session focused on supervisory board composition, effectiveness, and the evolving role of non-executive directors in an increasingly complex environment. With regulation, geopolitical uncertainty, AI and societal pressure all intensifying, boards are being asked to do far more than governance [...]
Family Entrepreneurship & Growth Capital: A Marriage Made in Heaven?
Family Entrepreneurship & Growth Capital: A Marriage Made in Heaven? Amsterdam, 14 April 2026 A standout event by the INSEAD Directors Network Netherlands. Prof. Bagalopal Vissa (INSEAD Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprises) shared cutting-edge research on growth capital for mid-market family businesses—highlighting risks, opportunities, dilemmas, and the role of boards and special attention for family dynamics. A panel of seasoned board members, Heleen van Gulik, Pascal Piepers, Ernst-Jan Koziolek, and Bastiaan Hoogendoorn moderated by Fennemiek Gommer, discussed provocative statements: Patient [...]
