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Governing a Moving Target: AI as Cognitive Infrastructure

An Executive Playbook for Durable AI Governance

What the book helps you do

Practical governance for AI that keeps changing

Move from static policies to controls, accountability and evidence that work in daily operations.

  • Know which AI tools and agents are in use.
  • Keep policies, human overrides and agent controls effective.
  • Give leadership evidence that governance is working.
5 questions · Immediate result

Current-State AI Governance Baseline Assessment

This five-question self-assessment reflects your responses. Its maturity labels are diagnostic terminology, not independent assurance of compliance, security or audit readiness.

Answer for the organisation or business unit you know best. Choose the description that most closely reflects current practice for each question. Your preliminary result appears immediately; you can then request the detailed report by email.

1. AI Tool Visibility & Shadow AI

How does your organization maintain its inventory of AI tools, models, and sub-agents?

2. Policy Durability & Standards Alignment

How are your AI safety and compliance policies structured?

3. Contestability & Human Overrides

What happens when an automated decision harms or excludes an individual?

4. Non-Human Identity (NHI) & Zero-Trust Controls

How do you govern autonomous AI agents, crawlers, and API integrations?

5. Board Assurance & Evidentiary Artifacts

How does leadership verify that AI risk controls are active right now?