AI in the Boardroom: What Directors Need to Know

Generative AI now affects strategic decisions, risk posture, and the operating model. Boards should focus on:

• Value thesis: Where AI creates measurable advantage (revenue lift, cost-out, speed-to-market).
• Guardrails: Data governance, security, privacy, IP, and model risk management.
• Operating model: Ownership across business, data, and engineering; product-led execution.
• Metrics: Track adoption, time saved, quality uplift, and P&L impact.

Board actions for the next 90 days:

1. Approve a lean AI policy and model risk standards.
2. Greenlight 2–3 narrow, high-ROI use cases with real data and owners.
3. Ask for a single quarterly AI scorecard with leading/lagging indicators.