Current AI usage
Where and how AI is already entering day-to-day work.
Tier 1 assessment
Responsible AI starts with knowing what is already happening.
The AI Sustainability Governance Audit creates an organized view of current use and the governance capacity needed to support responsible, useful adoption.
The purpose
Make informal use visible. Make oversight workable.
AI governance should match the organization’s real exposure, capacity, and mission, not a generic policy template.
The Tier 1 audit is a practical starting point for identifying gaps, clarifying questions, and defining a proportionate roadmap.
A focused first engagement
AI Governance Decision Diagnostic
Make one administrative AI decision with a clearer view of the evidence, oversight and next steps. We review one workflow and one AI vendor or product with your decision-maker.
Proposed fixed fee: $4,500. We confirm fit, scope and actual dates before an engagement is agreed.
- Up to three 30-minute stakeholder interviews
- Up to ten relevant documents, totaling no more than 75 pages
- A 6-10 page Word and PDF decision memo, evidence and unknowns register, and 30/60/90-day action table
- One 45-minute management readout and one factual correction round
Plan for approximately three weeks after agreed inputs and a delivery slot are confirmed. This limited diagnostic is distinct from the full Tier 1 audit. Implementation, system access, legal opinions, security testing, certification and ongoing monitoring are outside its scope.
Nine audit lenses
What the review examines.
Governance maturity
Whether expectations, ownership, and escalation paths are defined.
Human oversight
Where review is required and how accountability remains with people.
Data exposure
What types of organizational information may enter AI systems.
Operational burden
Where adoption creates hidden review, correction, or documentation work.
Documentation practices
How approved uses, exceptions, decisions, and incidents are recorded.
Reliability risks
Where errors or overreliance could create meaningful operational consequences.
Staff fluency
Whether people understand tool limits, appropriate uses, and review obligations.
Organizational readiness
The practical capacity to adopt governance and sustain it over time.
Important scope note
A governance assessment, not a certification.
This audit does not provide legal certification, cybersecurity certification, regulatory approval, or fully automated conclusions. Findings depend on information made available, professional judgment, and organizational context.
Preliminary readiness questionnaire
Start with a structured snapshot.
Answer a short series of questions about current tools, policies, data practices, human review, training, concerns, and desired outcomes.
- About 8 to 10 minutes
- Responses are not published
- Result is preliminary and non-diagnostic
A useful first step
Need a clearer path for responsible AI use?
A fit conversation can help determine whether a readiness review, policy engagement, staff education, or Tier 1 audit is the right next step.
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