The Board's AI Governance Priority

“Transform from the Top: The Board’s AI Governance Priority,” is an article written by Lori Adams-Brown and Mary Lee Sharp. The central theme of the article is simple but urgent: AI transformation fails not because the technology doesn’t work, but because organizations don’t invest in adoption, workforce training, and change management.

Across industries, AI pilots are stalling at scale. Employees are under-trained; managers are unsure how to lead AI-enabled teams, and companies underestimate the cultural and behavioral shifts required. This is where boards come in.

The article argues that AI governance is not primarily a technology issue; it’s a people, capability, and change-management issue. And that makes it a board-level oversight priority. Directors should be asking:

• Is management investing in structured adoption and training, not just tools?

• Are leaders equipped to manage human + AI workflows?

• Is change management embedded into the transformation plan?

• Are we measuring behavioral adoption, not just deployment?

Effective oversight means ensuring that training focuses not just on AI literacy but also on AI-supported workflows and how humans collaborate with AI agents, how decision rights evolve, and how work itself is redesigned. As workplaces increasingly include humans, AI agents, and robotics operating together, governance of this transformation cannot be delegated solely to IT or innovation teams. It must begin in the boardroom.

Read the article here.

Transform from the Top: The Board’s AI Governance Priority