{"id":9939,"date":"2026-06-24T05:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dess.digital\/strategic-board-composition-creating-an-effective-skills-matrix-with-dess-digital-system\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T07:38:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:38:48","slug":"strategic-board-composition-creating-an-effective-skills-matrix-with-dess-digital-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dess.digital\/uk\/strategic-board-composition-creating-an-effective-skills-matrix-with-dess-digital-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Board Composition: Creating an Effective Skills Matrix with Dess Digital System"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9939\" class=\"elementor elementor-9939 elementor-2526\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52rowru e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"52rowru\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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