#governance

You cannot govern AI without governing your processes first. Stanford HAI research shows 75 percent of organizations have AI policies but only 36 percent have real governance frameworks, and the EU AI Act makes process documentation mandatory by August 2026.

A delegation of authority matrix maps specific roles to approval thresholds for purchases, hires, and contracts. EY research found that nearly 90 percent of companies have one, but most fail at enforcement because the matrix sits in a spreadsheet nobody checks. The fix is embedding rules into live workflow systems.