Turn guidance into an action plan
Agree the systems and business processes in scope, assign a decision-maker and technical owner, and record what evidence will demonstrate progress. Separate immediate risk treatment from longer-term improvement, and set a review point for outstanding actions.
What leaders should do
- Discover approved and unapproved AI use cases, tools, integrations, data types, and owners.
- Set decision rights for procurement, data use, identity, security review, and human accountability.
- Classify use cases by materiality, data sensitivity, customer impact, obligations, and reversibility.
- Monitor exceptions and preserve review evidence for high-risk use cases.
Board readiness means being able to explain where AI is used, what it can access, who owns the risk, and how to respond when it fails.