AI is already inside many organizations across Asia Pacific. The bigger question for boards is whether the right oversight is in place to govern how it is being used.
Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director of the Diligent Institute, unpacks why boards are racing to get ahead of AI, cybersecurity and geopolitical risk all at once, and shares a practical three step approach for closing it, drawing on Diligent Institute's research across 26,000 organizations.
Diligent Institute research shows 57% of APAC organizations have already incorporated AI into their work, while only 34% have created a working group or committee to govern it.
Boards that go beyond using AI to summarize board decks, applying it instead to scenario planning and probability weighted risk analysis, are the ones positioned to outperform.
Audit how people are using AI, provide sanctioned tools so they do not go find their own, and train the board itself, not just employees, on policy and appropriate use.
Every board is navigating the same shift, from AI experimentation to AI governance, and Diligent Institute's research can help yours see exactly where it stands.
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