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AI & Banking•13 min read

AI Governance for Bank Boards: The 2026 Playbook

By 2026, AI has moved from the innovation lab onto the board's risk register — and most boards are still governing it with instincts built for a previous era. This is a working playbook: the accountabilities to fix, the failure modes to watch, the cadence to adopt, and a board-pack template directors can put to use in their next meeting.

Jim Marous

Future of Work•6 min read

Where to Apply Generative AI to Enhance Board Performance

AI is arriving in the boardroom. The question worth a director's attention is where it genuinely helps, and where it must not go. The contribution of GenAI to board work rises from the clerical to the judgmental, and its value rises with it. So does the care it demands.

Ross Dawson

Data Strategy•5 min read

Why Data Is Becoming a Board-Level Liability

For most of the digital era, data sat quietly in the background. AI changed that. Now data gaps become outcome gaps, and if you don't treat data as a strategic asset, you don't remove its value—you outsource it.

Michael Clark

AI & Technology•8 min read

Signals of Exponentiality

Most people perceive change as a linear shift, happening gradually over long periods of time. But accelerated technology adoption and rapid advances in science are happening so much quicker than humans are typically used to.

Brett King

Future of Work•6 min read

Why Humans + AI Recursive Self-Improving Decisions Will Reshape Business

The next phase of business will be centered on Humans + AI recursive self-improvement. At the heart of every organization lies a single activity: making decisions. The organizations that build systems to learn from decisions at every level will compound their advantages rapidly.

Ross Dawson

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