Crossing the chasm – A Corporate Governance Podcast

Crossing the chasm – the latest episode of the Corporate Governance Podcast focuses on that critical point in an ESG-related transition. It’s a must for your ESG education.

Join your host, Dan Byrne, and Deputy Director General at the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) Tom Cullen, for an in-depth discussion on ‘crossing the chasm’ a key challenge in the life-cycle of a big transition in corporate strategy and consumer sentiment. 

It’s particularly relevant in areas connected to environment, social and governance (ESG) principles, as core products we rely on every day become greener and more sustainable. 

Crossing the chasm means overcoming a gap that often exists between two periods of time in a new product life cycle: the time when only “early adopters” buy and use the new product, and the time when adoption becomes far more widespread and closer to the norm. Bridging the gap between these two points is often a huge task. 

Dan and Tom will discuss the challenge, zeroing in on the motor industry, where Tom has many years of experience.

Tom Cullen has worked with SIMI since 2001, and during that time, he’s developed a keen interest in how the motor industry will adapt for the future, particularly amid this mammoth transition away from traditional fuels toward electric vehicles. 

Tom is a recent graduate of CGI’s Diploma in Corporate Governance and has a long-held passion for the motor industry and how it’s going to adapt in the coming decades – moving away from cars powered by traditional fossil fuels and towards electricity. It’s a mammoth challenge, with many different stakeholders and milestones to reach in the years ahead.

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