HeyJaredStephen Pitt-Walker
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- Aug 25, 2026
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- Jul 20, 2026
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Ownership Versus Control: The Governance Debate (opens the original)
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Stephen Pitt-Walker, JD, FGIA, CEO & Founder, Optima Board Services Group. The most serious governance failures don’t necessarily begin when scandal hits the front page. They often begin earlier, understatedly, when a board loses clarity about who truly controls the corporation, how that control is exercised, and whether it remains properly accountable. This is why I believe the discourse between economists John Kenneth Galbraith and Milton Friedman still matters. But it was never simply a di
Navigating Industry 5.0: The Firm As A Nexus Of Relationships (opens the original)
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Stephen Pitt-Walker, JD, FGIA, CEO & Founder, Optima Board Services Group. Many boards still govern firms as if value comes primarily through transactions, contracts, assets and execution. Those disciplines do matter. Every serious enterprise needs clear rights, obligations, performance standards and commercial accountability. Yet what I've found in the contemporary economy is that they no longer fully explain how firms create, protect and scale value. Ronald Coase’s paper "The Nature of the Fir
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