GGI launches High-performance board 2030

GGI today unveils an ambitious new thought leadership programme aimed at shaping the future of board leadership across UK public-purpose organisations.

High-performance board 2030 tackles the question: what will define the boards and leadership teams of the next decade?

With nearly half of the UK economy tied to public-purpose organisations—from health and housing to education and the arts—GGI’s latest programme invites leaders to think beyond today’s governance models.

Drawing inspiration from the King IV report and McKinsey’s Three Horizons framework, the initiative challenges boards to simultaneously deliver current performance (Horizon 1), innovate for the near future (Horizon 2), and transform for long-term resilience (Horizon 3).

The programme begins with a mix of interviews, roundtables, and sector-specific inquiries, culminating in a major rapid-development event in September.

We’re calling on chairs, CEOs, and governance thinkers from across public services to participate—by contributing to interviews, focus groups, and the event itself.

Participants will help co-develop a cross-sector, future-ready vision of board effectiveness, with outcomes shared openly in late 2025 ahead of a formal 2026 launch.

GGI CEO Professor Andrew Corbett-Nolan said: “This is not just about compliance or strategy—it’s about imagining and building the kind of governance that will be fit for an unpredictable future.

“Our starting hypothesis is that boards of public-purpose organisations need to understand all three horizons and ought to be working on developing themselves to deliver on all three right now.

"This programme will focus on working with leaders to test and challenge our thinking and move it forward, to create a common, sector-agnostic and peer co-developed view of the board or leadership team for 2030.”

If you would like to join the conversation and help shape the future of public purpose governance, please email our CEO Andrew Corbett-Nolan: andrew.corbett-nolan@good-governance.org.uk