01
Write a one-page adoption thesis
State where AI earns its keep this year, who owns it, and what "good" looks like.
ArtifactAI adoption thesis
Executive / Leadership Playbook
Set the direction. Govern the adoption. Report the return.
Set the AI direction, approve the guardrails, and report adoption with evidence.
Playbook Snapshot
Executive AI Direction Map
Primary Goal
Governed ROI
Core Artifact
Adoption thesis
Risk Focus
Strategy + oversight
Strategic clarity
66/100
Governance posture
54/100
Measurement discipline
44/100
Leadership visibility
72/100
Illustrative preview; your assessment personalizes the scores.
Recommended path
Maturity Assessment → Adoption Thesis → Governance Guardrails → Quarterly Review
Role path
One playbook. Four working views.
Scan the role map first, then open the view you need.
Use-case map
Where leadership can use AiBI immediately.
Each row pairs the work, the risk, and the artifact to keep.
LOW risk
02
Set the guardrails
Approve the data-safety, review, and approved-tool rules before staff improvise their own.
ArtifactAI use guardrails
03
Brief the board
Turn pilot results into a plain-English board update with risk posture and next decisions.
ArtifactBoard AI briefing
04
Pressure-test a vendor pitch
Score an AI vendor claim against your data, controls, and exit risk before signing.
ArtifactVendor evaluation notes
Executive / Leadership Playbook
Lead the adoption instead of cleaning up after it.
The institutions that win with AI are not the ones that move fastest — they are the ones whose leadership set the direction and the guardrails before the staff did it for them.