What Building My Own AI System Taught Me About Governance
Four lessons from building a personal AI knowledge system, for assessing AI strategies at board and executive level.
Insights
Perspectives on AI, governance, cybersecurity and digitalisation for boards and executive teams.
Harmony as a Duty-of-Care Risk: When a Board Becomes Too Aligned
Why consensus on a board can put the duty of care at risk, and what conflict-capable boards do differently to enable resilient dissent.
When the Board Must Oversee What It Cannot Inspect
Why oversight of learning AI systems runs into structural limits, and the four pillars that carry an effective proxy oversight regime.
Hierarchy Is Not Obsolete
What the Hudson River incident and Swiss company law teach about accountability and voice in organisations, and why both leadership modes need to be named explicitly.
AI Against Fraud, AI as Fraud Risk: Two Control Loops, One Accountability
Why FINMA Guidance 02/2026 and 08/2024 put boards in front of two separate control loops that cannot be delegated to IT.
When AI Takes On Tasks: What a CEO Needs to Know About Workforce Transformation
What robust studies on AI and jobs actually show, and the four workforce decisions boards and executive teams cannot delegate.
Top Priority and Still No Decision: Decision Avoidance
Why 'top risk' rarely turns into a decision in the boardroom, and how boards and executive teams can break the pattern of decision avoidance.
Model Drift: When an AI System No Longer Matches the Business Case
An AI system can change without anyone changing it. Why model drift is a governance duty, and how the board should operationalise it.
The Duty-of-Care Trap: When the Board Must Supervise What It Cannot Inspect
AI systems often cannot be fully audited. Why the board's supervisory duty must become proxy oversight, not the illusion of transparency.
Autonomous AI in Operations: The Accountability Questions the Board Must Resolve
As AI systems adapt in operation, accountability becomes a governance question: which controls must the board demand and document?