If everyone has AI, where does competitive advantage move?
08 — Governance
If AI can act…
The exciting part of this session is the capability. The consequential part is what has to be true before we allow it to act on our behalf.
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The control layer
What sits between capability and consequence
Human approvalThresholds where a person must sign
Decision boundariesWhat an agent may never decide alone
PermissionsWhich systems each agent may touch
Audit trailEvery step reconstructable after the fact
EvidenceThe basis of the decision, retained
MonitoringDrift and behaviour watched continuously
Kill switchStop authority that actually works
EscalationA named human when confidence fails
As AI becomes more autonomous, governance becomes part of the operating model — not a separate compliance exercise.
Which reframes it commercially: the organisation that can evidence, audit and stop machine decisions will be permitted to run more of them. Assurance becomes a growth constraint, and therefore a growth capability.