Agentic governance
AI agent approval gates
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Place approval before a consequential action, with enough context for a person to make the decision.
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Practical guidance for choosing, deploying, and governing AI.
Start with the decision in front of you: where to invest, what to build, or how to control a system already in use. These articles connect workflow design, engineering, and governance to the choices your team needs to make.
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AI value realization
How to move AI pilots into production
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Make production a separate decision supported by workflow evidence, release criteria, and a named owner.
Enterprise AI governance
AI governance layer for enterprise workflows
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Connect policy to the system’s permissions, review steps, records, and operating owners.
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Implementation planning
Frontier AI implementation checklist
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Use a shared checklist to turn an AI use case into a bounded implementation plan.
Deployment strategy
Customer-owned AI deployment vs SaaS AI
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Compare deployment options by their controls, total operating work, and fit with your team.
Model implementation
OpenAI and Claude implementation support
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Specify the software, evaluation, and handover you need around the model service.
Frontier AI adoption
Why frontier model investments need an operating layer
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A model investment needs a defined task, an operating owner, and a way to measure the result.
Platform ownership
The End of Rented Security
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Decide which security capabilities you need to control, and what your team is prepared to operate.
Category clarity
What is an AI-native development studio?
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Evaluate an AI development partner by how it defines, builds, tests, and hands over the system.
Workflow design
When to build AI into a workflow
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Add AI when it improves a defined task and the team can assess the result.
Scoping decisions
How to evaluate internal tools vs new products
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Match the build to the user and the problem before committing to a new product.
Ownership and trust
Customer-owned deployment: when it matters
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Consider customer-owned deployment when a specific control requirement justifies the operating responsibility.