by amvandenhurk | Aug 13, 2026
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Identifying the problem is not the same as fixing it. Most organizations already know where their governance gaps are. The escalation path that dead-ends at one person. The delegated authority that was assumed... 
by amvandenhurk | Aug 6, 2026
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory There is one person who knows the truth about your governance problem. It is not your CISO. It is not your General Counsel. It is not your Chief Risk Officer. It is your spouse. Your partner. Your family. Would... 
by amvandenhurk | Jul 30, 2026
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Run this thought experiment with me. You disappear tomorrow. Completely unavailable for 24 hours. No phone, no email, no Slack. No one can reach you and you cannot reach anyone. What breaks first? Not as a... 
by amvandenhurk | Jul 23, 2026
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Every organization has two org charts. The one on paper. And the one that actually runs things. Most executives believe they are the same document. They are not. And the gap between them is not theoretical — it... 
by amvandenhurk | Jul 16, 2026
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Three questions. Answer them honestly. What decisions stop when you are unavailable? Who has authority to make them in your absence? Do they know they have that authority? Most executives can answer the first two... 
by amvandenhurk | Jul 9, 2026
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Most executives hear “key-person risk” and think retirement. Succession committees. Leadership pipelines. Carefully managed announcements. That is the least likely version of the problem. The version that...