Sound-Up Governance

Interviews with real-world experts who share their perspectives on corporate governance and how it really works. groundupgovernance.substack.com

Sound-Up Governance is a business podcast hosted by Matt Fullbrook, with 65 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Matt Fullbrook hosts Sound-Up Governance, a business show with 65 episodes published.

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  Sound-Up Governance

  Revealing "The Hidden World of Boardrooms"

  Apr 15, 202610 minS0

  <p>This is our first ever video episode of Sound-Up Governance. Let us know what you think!</p><p>Upcoming Tour Dates:</p><p>May 12-13 (Brisbane) - Breaking Boardroom Patterns: Better Decisions, By Design</p><p>June 10-11 (Toronto) - Working Effectively With Your Board: A Program for Senior Executives</p><p>June 15-16 (Huntington Beach) - CUES Director Development Seminar</p><p>Transcript</p><p>Hi I’m Matt Fullbrook. It’s April 2026 and this is a special episode of Sound-Up Governance, cross posted on One Minute Governance. This is also the first ever video episode, so please chec...

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  Sound-Up Governance

  BONUS: Five electrifying year-end governance questions

  Dec 9, 202519 minS0

  <p>Full transcript at www.groundupgovernance.com</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Ground-Up Governance at groundupgovernance.substack.com/subscribe

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  BONUS: Introducing Policy Crimes

  Sep 6, 202559 minS0

  <p></p><p>Intro Transcript:</p><p>Hi, this is Matt Fullbrook with a bit of a first for this platform. Today, I’m sharing with you a full episode of SOMEONE ELSE’S podcast. It’s called Policy Crimes, and it’s hosted by a dude called Tristan Markle. The first season of Policy Crimes explores the question: what does homelessness cost? Through interviews with some super interesting experts and academics, Tristan discovers that the answer – financially, socially, politically, and more – is waaay more interesting and complex than you might think. But… in my opinion, at least, the complexity points to some...

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  Sound-Up Governance

  BONUS: Board evaluations don't work...but they could!

  Aug 11, 202543 minS0

  <p>A new long-form scripted podcast episode where Matt Fullbrook discusses the shortcomings of board evaluations and shares some new ideas to improve on the status quo. The argument builds on practical experience, academic research, and an analogy to modern music production.</p><p>Full transcript available at https://groundupgovernance.substack.com/p/bonus-board-evaluations-dont-workbut</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Ground-Up Governance at groundupgovernance.substack.com/subscribe

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  Episode #4

  S3E4 - You can design good governance on your own

  Jul 7, 20259 minS3

  <p></p><p>TRANSCRIPT</p><p>Matt Voiceover </p><p> Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. My name is Matt Fullbrook and this is the fourth and final episode in this short yet super cool series about the relationship between corporate governance and human-centered design. Once again, the voices you'll hear belong to me. Michael Hartmann, who's the principal of the directors college at McMaster University, Karel Vredenburg, who was global VP of UX research at IBM, and Tara Safaie, who's the executive Director of Health and Organizational Innovation at the design firm IDEO. In this episode, we take some steps...

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