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Better questions build better boards. Learn to ask the ones that matter.

Disruptive Director equips all directors to ask sharper questions, exercise real oversight, and lead with fiduciary clarity — through a book, a course, and a library of boardroom-ready resources.

Written from fifteen years inside boardrooms — predominantly in the Middle East, distilling the issues boards face everywhere. Built for the director who wants to create real impact.

Maali Qasem Khader· 15 years of experience with boards in the Middle East· The A.C.T.I.V.E. Model· Practical governance tools
01 · The Book

The reference that turns instinct into a practice.

Fifteen years of what actually happens in boardrooms, distilled into one book — the diagnosis of how boards quietly fail, and the model that resolves it.

THE A.C.T.I.V.E. MODEL
A Align C Challenge T Transform I Instill V Validate E Elevate

One model, two dimensions — the A.C.T.I.V.E. Framework for how the board works, and the A.C.T.I.V.E. Mindset for how the director thinks.

$29 Print · Kindle · Ships May 2026
A Governance Practice DD
The Disruptive Director
Maali Qasem Khader
EDITION 01 · COVER IN DEVELOPMENT
01AAlign Governance as a CultureMODULE 01
02CChallenge with Diverse PerspectivesMODULE 02
03TTransform AccountabilityMODULE 03
04IInstill Ownership at All LevelsMODULE 04
05VValidate Fairness Through EthicsMODULE 05
06EElevate Transparency to Build TrustMODULE 06
02 · The Course

The A.C.T.I.V.E. Director Practice.

A self-paced programme that turns the A.C.T.I.V.E. Model into a practical, step-by-step path to change — six modules, built to be used between board meetings rather than filed away after an exam.

  • Six modules · self-paced · roughly twelve hours
  • Associated tools for implementing A.C.T.I.V.E. in real board work
  • Twelve-month access
$697 Founding price · rises to $997
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03 · Added Value Resources

Resources, information, tools — getting you ready to go.

Additional information supporting the content in the book, along with detailed tools, templates, scorecards, and question libraries — productised and downloadable. Access what you need, or open the full library through the Book-Owner Vault.

$49+ Per resource pack
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T-01Complementary
Information that flows from the book
$49
T-02Starter Tools
Key tools and templates to get you started
$79
T-03Comprehensive
The whole package
$79
Endorsements · First readers

From the directors and chairs who read it first.

“The first governance book that treats the director as a practitioner, not a compliance officer.”

Chair · [Institution]

“The operating manual I had to assemble from scratch over twenty years of board service.”

Independent Director · [Institution]

“Rigorous enough for the most experienced board, accessible enough for the first-timer.”

Regulator · [Institution]

ENDORSEMENTS IN COLLECTION · ATTRIBUTIONS TO BE CONFIRMED PRE-LAUNCH

Start here

Your next board meeting is already on the calendar. Walk in ready.

Start with the book. The resources and the course build from there.

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