Introduction Somewhere in the last two years, AI quietly moved from "an IT initiative" to "a board-level risk." Most companies haven't caught up to that shift yet. We say this from experience training directors across sectors: AI is still, in far too many boardrooms, something the CIO updates the board on once a quarter, in a slide or two, somewhere near the bottom of the agenda. That's no longer good enough. AI systems are now making decisions that affect customers, employee

AI governance expectations, regulatory priorities and technology risks continue to evolve. Organizations should assess their specific circumstances and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Executive Summary There's a specific kind of governance gap that doesn't show up until someone actually asks the awkward question out loud: not "does your board discuss AI," but "if your AI-powered dashboard flagged something dangerous right now, is there a written policy telling anyone what happens next?" A lot of boards, when they actually sit with that question, don't love their own answer. I covered the AI expertise gap in a companion piece already, the fact that a striki

Here is a strange little scene that is playing out inside boardrooms across the world right now. A board chair turns to the CEO and asks, very politely, who owns the AI strategy. The CEO smiles, nods, and says the right thing. The board feels reassured. The CEO walks back to their office, calls a meeting, and asks the same question to their own team. Four different executives raise their hands. One of them is the CIO. One is HR. One is the head of a business unit. One is sitt

Let me start with a question most boards have not yet asked themselves out loud. If an AI agent in your company places an order, signs off a refund, files a customs entry, or sends a quote to a client at 3 AM on a Sunday — and gets it wrong — who exactly is accountable on Monday morning? If you paused for a second there, you are not alone. That pause is the whole problem with agentic AI governance right now. Boards across India, the US, and Europe are sitting on a quiet shift

The Artificial Intelligence bill by the European Union has been passed and is a law now. Some provisions made by the act are in the process of being rolled out, some in the refinement phase through secondary guidance and parallel reforms, while some are already in practice. This brings about a governance moment that is familiar yet uncomfortable for boards of directors. Directors have to take matters like digital systems and artificial intelligence seriously at the oversight