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Short, practitioner written essays on AI governance, ISO/IEC 42001, and senior delivery leadership.

Implementing ISO 42001 without stalling delivery

Featured · ISO 42001

14 May 2026 · 9 min read

Implementing ISO 42001 without stalling delivery

How to build an AI Management System inside an active delivery cadence, without freezing your roadmap for six months.

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Regulation·8 min

The EU AI Act deadline moved. Your obligation did not.

The Digital Omnibus on AI deferred high risk obligations to December 2027. Here is what to do with the extra runway.

22 April 2026

Practice·9 min

Governance that survives delivery pressure

Why most AI governance frameworks collapse the first time a release date slips, and how to build ones that hold.

30 March 2026

Practice·8 min

Building an AI risk register people actually use

A risk register is only useful if it changes behaviour. Most do not. Here is the pattern that does.

18 February 2026

$When fractional delivery leadership beats a full time hire$

Leadership·8 min

When fractional delivery leadership beats a full time hire

Senior delivery talent is scarce, expensive, and rarely needed at full capacity. A fractional model often fits the actual shape of the work.

12 January 2026

Leadership·9 min

The first 90 days of an AI governance program

What to do in month one, two, and three when you are asked to stand up AI governance from a standing start.

10 June 2026

Practice·8 min

Why your AI vendor assessments are failing

Most vendor questionnaires are written by procurement and answered by sales. Here is how to assess an AI supplier so the answer actually protects you.

3 June 2026

ISO 42001·9 min

Mapping AI risk to your existing control framework

You probably already have the controls you need. The gap is knowing which ones apply to AI, and where the coverage holes are.

28 May 2026

Leadership·8 min

The board conversation on AI governance

What boards actually need to hear about AI governance, and why most board packs get the framing wrong.

20 May 2026