Technology governance · AI readiness · AI governance
Technology decisions are organisational decisions.
I work with organisations to make responsible technology decisions,
assess where AI may be useful and establish the safeguards,
accountability and organisational capacity needed for adoption.
Why governance matters
Technology changes how responsibility works.
Technology choices shape who has access to information, how work
is performed, where responsibility sits and how much an
organisation depends on external systems and vendors.
I help organisations evaluate those choices deliberately. This
includes establishing principles for technology use, clarifying
accountability, assessing risk and determining whether people,
processes and information are ready for AI.
The aim is not to slow useful change. It is to ensure technology
strengthens the organisation without weakening human judgement,
trust, privacy or institutional knowledge.
The practice
Three related responsibilities, with different purposes.
Technology governance establishes the foundation. AI readiness tests
whether an organisation is prepared. AI governance defines how AI
will be controlled if it is introduced.
Foundation
Technology governance
Set the principles, ownership and decision criteria used
across the organisation’s technology choices.
- Technology principles and decision criteria
- Roles, ownership and accountability
- Platform and vendor evaluation
- Information access and permissions
- Privacy, security and risk coordination
- Technology lifecycle and dependency planning
- Responsible procurement
- Policy and acceptable-use development
Preparation
AI readiness
Determine whether a proposed use is worthwhile and whether the
organisation can support it responsibly.
- Use-case discovery and process suitability
- Information and data readiness
- Staff capability and adoption readiness
- Risk classification
- Pilot selection and design
- Success measures
- Phased adoption roadmaps
Control
AI governance
Define the boundaries, oversight and review required once an
AI use is being considered or has been introduced.
- Human oversight and decision rights
- Escalation paths
- Documentation requirements
- Acceptable and prohibited uses
- Monitoring and review
- Vendor and model considerations
- Incident and exception handling
Begin with the decision the organisation needs to make.
A useful engagement might begin with a proposed AI use, a
procurement decision, unclear responsibility for an existing
platform or concern about how information moves through the
organisation. The work is shaped around that decision rather than
a predetermined technology.
Outputs can include decision criteria, a readiness assessment,
defined ownership, policy, a pilot plan or a phased adoption
roadmap. The right form depends on the organisation’s actual
capacity and risk.