Module 3: Governance & Risk Management, BoK I.A
Winning leadership support
Gain leadership support at the earliest opportunity. The course gives a five-step path → understand context, find champions, frame responsible AI as a differentiator, show how & why to govern, and be honest about maturity.
Gain leadership support at the earliest opportunity. The course gives a five-step path.
- Understand organisational context → analyse operations and incentive structures → sector (tech, finance, healthcare) and whether the organisation is an AI developer, deployer, user or a combination.
- Find champions → identify leaders already using AI who would back governance; teams are pushed to build AI quickly, so show how governance safely and responsibly launches AI solutions.
- Responsible AI as differentiator → e.g., AI-focused transparency grounded in governance makes products more appealing to customers.
- Show how & why to govern → explain relevant legislation, showcase regulatory statements of concern, proactively present challenges with solutions (ML development needs big investment in engineers, hardware and time).
- Be honest about maturity → transparency about the governance maturity level → may mean waiting on advanced AI capabilities until sufficient governance exists to support them.
Sources and study method
This independent lesson uses active recall, spaced retrieval and scenario practice. Read the full study method.