Boards are asking sharper questions about AI: who approved it, what data it touched, and how we would know if it went wrong. Governance is the answer — but only when it accelerates the business rather than blocking it.
Anchor to a framework
NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001 give you defensible scaffolding. Map your existing controls, identify gaps, and treat governance artefacts (model cards, DPIAs, evaluations) as first-class deliverables.
Operationalize, do not paper over
A governance program that lives in spreadsheets will fail. Wire approvals into deployment pipelines, automate evidence collection, and give risk officers a live dashboard rather than a quarterly PDF.