Your result
Funding the noise
Score: 6 / 24
You have spent money on AI. You are probably still spending it. What you cannot yet do is show your exec team and board whether that money is buying value or buying activity, because the governance that would prove it isn’t there. The gap between what has been invested and what you can demonstrate is real, and it widens every quarter the exec funds the work without governing it. Almost all of it is fixable at the governance layer, and getting ahead of it is squarely within your gift.
The two questions you are not asking yet
- 1.If you pulled the funding on every AI initiative today, which ones would your exec team notice were gone, measured in business outcomes rather than team disruption?
- 2.Who on your exec team could challenge a new AI proposal on its business case rather than its technology story?
What next
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See your answers
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This is a conversation starter, not a governance audit. Six questions cannot replace a proper review — they are designed to prompt the right one.
Helen Dawson & Matthew Treagus help senior leaders turn AI from a vague ambition into board-ready confidence, with a clear strategy, capable teams, and governance that holds. AI is an ingredient, not a meal.