Moyo: Board interviews should test for black swan resilience, not past returns.
Baroness Dambisa Moyo · Economic Growth, Governance, and Capital Allocation – Dambisa Moyo (EP.510) · Jul 13, 2026 · at 29:36
Baroness Dambisa Moyo discusses her mental model for evaluating executive leadership candidates based on 15 years of corporate board experience.
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“Anybody who is going to be in front of me as a board member is qualified. I don't need them to necessarily relate to me how they built a team or generated returns. The fact that they're there tells me that they've done that. What I'm interested in is how do they calibrate for or think about navigating through things that seem implausible but could happen.”
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