MedTech board governance
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When Boards Confuse Assurance With Control
Boards rarely seek control for its own sake. They seek reassurance that control exists. In regulated MedTech environments, that instinct is responsible. Decisions carry consequences, timelines compound exposure, and oversight is not optional. Assurance is how boards demonstrate care without pretending certainty is possible. The difficulty begins when assurance quietly takes on a second role.…
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How Boards Misread Technical Risk
When Everything Sounds Reasonable Most boards believe they have good visibility on technical risk. They usually do, just not early enough. In well‑run MedTech organisations, risk almost never shows up as failure first. What it shows up as is reassurance. Milestones are being hit. The team sounds confident when they talk it through. The board…
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Harun Rabbani 