PLAYBOOK · STRATEGY & GOVERNANCE
The AI Governance Operating Model Playbook
Stand up the decision rights, policy hierarchy, and operating cadence your AI estate needs to survive scrutiny.
38 pages · PDF · Strategy & Governance
What it is
A reference operating model for AI governance — not a generic framework, but a working set of charters, RACI matrices, and decision-rights tables you can adapt to your org chart. Aligned to NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001. Designed to be approved by a board, not admired in a deck.
Who it's for
Chief Risk Officers, Chief AI Officers, Heads of AI, and AI program sponsors who need to translate strategy into a working governance posture.
- CROs and CAIOs designing the AI governance committee
- Heads of AI translating strategy into operating cadence
- Risk and audit leads aligning AI to NIST AI RMF / ISO 42001
- Board-level sponsors needing a defensible posture
What you get
- Reference AI Council charter and terms of reference
- RACI matrix for AI decision rights (sponsor, owner, risk, audit, IT)
- Policy hierarchy template — principles → standards → guardrails
- Tier-based risk classification model with control requirements
- Operating cadence: monthly scorecard, quarterly review, annual reset
What's covered
Inside the playbook
Section 1 · Why most AI governance fails
Three failure patterns — paperware governance, undefined decision rights, no enforcement at inference — and what changes if you fix them.
Section 2 · Decision rights and the AI Council
Who funds, who governs, who stops a use case. Reference charter, RACI, and committee composition you can adapt.
Section 3 · Policy hierarchy
Principles → standards → guardrails. How board-level commitments connect to runtime enforcement without losing meaning.
Section 4 · Risk tiering
Tier definitions aligned to NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001, control requirements per tier, and the assessment workflow that runs before any build.
Section 5 · Operating cadence
Monthly scorecard structure, quarterly strategy review agenda, annual portfolio reset — and how each ties back to the live AI estate.
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