Framework
AI Governance Operating Model for Executive Teams
A practical model for assigning AI decision rights, controls, data ownership, risk review, cost accountability, and adoption governance.
The operating model should answer five questions
Executives should be able to describe how AI is selected, approved, implemented, monitored, and retired. If the answers are unclear, the organization is not ready to scale AI safely.
- • Who approves use cases and funding?
- • Who owns data access, model behavior, and workflow outcomes?
- • How are exceptions, incidents, hallucinations, and cost overruns reviewed?
- • Which use cases require human approval before action?
- • How will benefits and adoption be measured after launch?
Governance should enable progress
Strong AI governance is not bureaucracy. It is the structure that lets the company move faster because leaders know which use cases are safe, valuable, controlled, and operationally ready.
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