The Board in the Machine
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A monthly digest for directors, chairs, and senior executives: the month's writing on AI and emerging technology, with the hype stripped out.
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August 2026
July's insights: the questions that come before any AI decision, governing the hours AI frees, and the oversight cost no business case priced.
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The archive
2026
Issue 19
July
June's insights: the CFO who signs what the machine produces, the CEO's bets that matter, and the model withdrawal that made sovereignty real.
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June
May's insights: the legal capability boards now need, why AI efficiency means more compute, inherited model values, and structure as the data frontier.
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May
The instruments Boards need to govern AI: from director capability and the four indicator types to the chair's role in protecting collective accountability.
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April
The complete Great Remaking series: four articles on how AI restructures the essence of work, why the advantage gap compounds, and what boards should be asking.
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March
How data governance, personal AI agents, the inference migration, and the fundamental remaking of work are reshaping Board-level accountability in 2026.
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February
January's insights: five forces reshaping Board AI agendas, the redeployment dividend, talent bifurcation, and verification premiums.
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January
December's insights: the AI maturity gap, energy as strategic constraint, traditional AI's return, and five inflections that defined 2025.
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Issue 12
December
Explore agentic AI fundamentals, compound loops, accountability gaps, world models for predictive intelligence, and minimum lovable governance principles for Boards.
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November
From business case traps to coherent actions: four-part strategic framework transforming AI governance from fragmented pilots to systematic competitive advantage.
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October
Practical frameworks for navigating AI sovereignty conflicts, energy constraints, and shadow AI governance challenges that define competitive positioning in the AI era.
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September
Explore transformative AI strategies from technical debt opportunities to hidden ROI measurement, sustainable value creation, regulatory navigation, and solving the 95% pilot failure problem.
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August
Complete guide to building an AI Centre of Excellence covering governance, functions, structure, capabilities, implementation, scaling, and future-proofing.
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July
A comprehensive framework integrating AISA, Five Pillars, and Well-Advised, plus a complete four-part series on building your AI Centre of Excellence.
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June
A comprehensive five-part series on rethinking AI business cases, from understanding why traditional approaches fail to securing board approval for transformative investments.
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May
Discover practical guidance on implementing AI governance, building decision analytics systems, creating future-ready teams, and developing business cases beyond traditional ROI.
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April
Explore board-level AI governance frameworks covering decision analytics, regulatory compliance, centres of excellence, and capability development across five essential pillars.
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March
Learn about strategic AI frameworks including the AI Stages of Adoption, data monetisation approaches, and six key priorities for effective board-level AI governance.
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February
Examine frameworks for maximising AI value through data monetisation, team building, comprehensive measurement, and strategic technology selection.
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January
Understand how cultural factors impact AI adoption in Europe compared to the US, and discover approaches for overcoming organisational barriers to innovation.
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