Boardcraft
The system with which organs of power make decisions that hold up over time.
Boardcraft is not hired as one capability among others. It is applied across three territories, and all three applications converge on the same point of entry: the Board Diagnostic.
Most boards, executive teams and owning families do not fail for lack of information. They fail for lack of method: agendas that review the past instead of deciding the future, strategies that cannot be stated as a sequence of decisions, and successions improvised once there is no longer time or neutrality left to design them.
Boardcraft is the system Jesús V. Izquierdo uses to intervene in those three territories — the boardroom, value strategy and family continuity — with the same underlying discipline: turning ambiguity into decisions with an owner, a deadline and a consequence.
One framework. Three applications.
Decision Architecture
So the board decides — and the decision holds.
How does this board decide?Strategy & Value Creation
Strategy that holds up before a board — and before an investor.
Where and how do we create value?Governance & Succession
So the handover isn't decided in the worst possible week.
What will happen when I'm no longer here?Board Diagnostic
The single point of entry.
None of the three applications is hired separately.
Comparison table
| 01Decision Architecture | 02Strategy & Value Creation | 03Governance & Succession | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Question it answers | How does this board decide? | Where and how do we create value? | What will happen when I'm no longer here? |
| Counterpart | Chair and board | Board, management and investor | Ownership and family |
| Horizon | Quarterly and annual | Thirty-six months | Generational |
| Central deliverable | Value Creation Plan and decision cadence | Decision map and quantified trade-offs | Family protocol and transition plan |
| Primary indicator | Decisions closed with an owner and deadline | Return on capital employed | Signed rules and a board with independents |
Board Diagnostic
What is your board deciding this week?
The Board Diagnostic is a structured conversation about a specific decision your board has open. It is not a proposal of services.
Every request is reviewed personally by JVI.