AI is too often treated as either a technology project or a legal compliance exercise. It is neither. AI is a cross-cutting strategic leadership issue that affects the entire organization: how rights data is managed, how members are communicated with, how licensing partners are assessed, how markets are monitored, how staff work, and how decisions… Continue reading AI governance is good governance
Category: Governance
Topics realted to governance of organizations on a general level
AI policy or AI in policies
There is a common reflex when organizations decide to take AI seriously: appoint a working group, draft an AI policy, publish it on the intranet, and consider the job done. The document exists. The box is ticked. Governance has been done. It hasn’t. AI is not a separate matter to be handled in a single… Continue reading AI policy or AI in policies
AI is not just tech & law
Many organisations still approach artificial intelligence (AI) as a question for IT department or legal team. A question of systems procurement, data management and compliance. These are important but they should be neither the starting point nor the end. Not just law. Not just tech. AI is a leadership challenge. AI is a cross-cutting issue… Continue reading AI is not just tech & law
Strategic goals and good governance
Organizations often discuss strategy and governance as if they were separate matters. Strategy is seen as setting direction and pursuing growth, while governance is treated as a question of compliance, structures and oversight. Often in a legalistic, tick-the-box kind of manner. In practice, however, these two are closely connected and should reinforce one another. Strategic… Continue reading Strategic goals and good governance
Don’t be fooled by the tech fix idea
Did somebody trick you today? Were you fooled you into believing something that wasn’t true? Today is April Fool’s Day, a day for harmless tricks. However, every day we are faced with situations that aren’t about jokes and funny tricks but about misperceptions, beliefs based on false information and assumptions that go unchallenged. These are… Continue reading Don’t be fooled by the tech fix idea
Good governance publication renewed
Back in 2020, I wanted to create a tool that could serve the board of directors and senior management in collective management organizations (CMOs) in the different creative industries. I worked with them on issues related to proper governance structures and decision-making processes, accountability and transparency in their organizations, and realized there was a need… Continue reading Good governance publication renewed