Evidence starts at home: applying governance to ourselves
Why governance standards only earn trust when they are applied to their own operation — and what evidencing consent reveals under scrutiny.
Insights
Board-level briefings on AI governance, procurement expectations, risk, and evidence-based oversight — written for boards, trustees, insurers, reviewers, and regulators.
Board and regulatory foundations
Why governance expectations are shifting from intent and policy to defensible, system-level evidence.
Why accountability is becoming the core unit of AI governance
Why boards, regulators, and insurers increasingly expect accountability to be fixed in time as evidence.
From policy to proof: why boards are being asked to evidence AI governance
A board-level briefing on the growing gap between governance intent and defensible, system-level evidence.
When governance looks strong, but accountability is missing
Why reviewers now ask who owned the judgement — and why policies alone don’t survive scrutiny.
What procurement teams actually look for under the EU AI Act
Why policies and promises are not enough — and what evidence reviewers expect to see in practice.
Sector-specific governance scrutiny
How evidence expectations differ across regulated and high-accountability environments.
How housing associations are being asked to evidence digital governance in practice
Why boards are increasingly expected to demonstrate system-level oversight — not just policy intent.
How health bodies are expected to evidence AI and digital governance under external review
Why clinical assurance and policies alone no longer satisfy regulators, auditors, and procurement teams.
What trustees are being asked to evidence about AI and digital decision-making
Why funders and regulators increasingly expect defensible records of oversight, not just assurance.
Risk, insurance, and liability
How governance evidence increasingly shapes underwriting, claims, lending, and external scrutiny.
What insurers look for when underwriting governance risk in AI and digital systems
How governance evidence influences coverage decisions, exclusions, and post-loss review.
When guidance changes: why governance decisions fail without contemporaneous records
How regulatory ambiguity and evolving standards expose firms to retrospective scrutiny — and why time-fixed evidence matters.
Why evidencing professional judgement is becoming critical for law firms
How reliance on email, PDFs, and hindsight leaves firms exposed when judgement is later challenged.
Why conveyancing firms are being asked to evidence governance, not just follow process
How reliance on email and PDFs creates risk in property transactions — and why evidence now matters.
How lenders are expected to evidence governance in AI-assisted credit decisions
Why credit, risk, and investment decisions are increasingly judged on defensible oversight.
Comparative analysis
Understanding the limits of compliance automation and the role of evidence under scrutiny.