When the mirror shatters: governing through disruption

 

Overview

What happens when the gap between what an organisation promises and what it delivers becomes impossible to ignore?

In her book When the Mirror Shatters, Dr Jacki Johnson draws on executive leadership experience, boardroom insight, major corporate failures, and research into ASX200 companies to challenge directors and executives to move beyond compliance, corporate rhetoric and good intentions towards genuine stakeholder value creation.

This is not another ESG book. It is a practical and evidence-based examination of leadership, governance, culture, risk, accountability and strategy, and why organisational promises can break when incentives, systems and accountability are misaligned.

Using examples including HIH Insurance, Rio Tinto, The Star Entertainment Group, Qantas, the Banking Royal Commission and the Christchurch earthquakes, Johnson shows that organisational failure is rarely caused by bad people alone. It often emerges from systemic weaknesses, leadership blind spots and fragmented accountability.

This webinar will explore what directors can do to recognise warning signs, test whether stakeholder promises are being delivered in practice, and strengthen governance before trust, legitimacy and value are damaged.

Dr Jacki Johnson

Dr Jacki Johnson is a respected director, facilitator and speaker on strategy, governance and business’s role in building a more resilient and sustainable future. A former CEO of IAG New Zealand, she led through the Christchurch earthquake recovery and served as President of the Insurance Council of New Zealand, working with Government, regulators and EQC on response and recovery settings.

Jacki is a Non-Executive Director of Community First Bank, Research Associate at the University of Wollongong, and Managing Director of Focusing Moments. Her book, When the Mirror Shatters, explores leadership, risk, reputation and the assumptions that shape decision-making. Her leadership has been recognised across Australia and New Zealand, including NZ Herald Business Leader of the Year and the ANZIIF Lifetime Achievement Award.

Kirsten (KP) Patterson (facilitator)

CMInstD

Kirsten Patterson MNZM (known as KP) is the Chief Executive of the Institute of Directors and is a Chartered Member of the IoD. In 2025 she was awarded the New Zealand Royal Honour, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to governance and women.  She is a qualified lawyer and a Distinguished Fellow of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand, a former chair of the Global Network of Directors Institutes (GNDI), and a member of the New Zealand External Reporting Advisory Panel (XRAP).  She serves on the Boards of the mental health charity, Voices of Hope, is Chair of the Brian Picot Ethical Leadership Advisory Board at Victoria University in Wellington and an Ambassador for the Wellington Women’s Homeless Trust. 

A strong advocate of diversity, KP is a member of Global Women New Zealand and was one of the founding members of Global Women’s ‘Champions for Change’, a group of senior executives and directors who commit to diversity in the workplace. KP was the founder and is Executive Sponsor for Chapter Zero New Zealand – the New Zealand Chapter of the World Economic Forum’s Climate Governance Initiative - hosted by the IoD NZ to mobilise, connect, educate and equip directors and boards to make climate-smart governance decisions, thereby creating long term value for both shareholders and stakeholders. 

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Contact

Carla Britz
National Events Executive
+64 27 223 2802
carla.britz@iod.org.nz  

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