Field Note: What Governance Function Is Your Org Chart Missing — and How Do You Measure It?
This week is about the specific, demographic-disaggregated measurements that let an organization see harm while it is still small enough to fix.
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The Cure Was Built for Children. I Am an Adult.
I am undergoing gene therapy for sickle cell disease. Here is what it took to get here, and why so few adults ever will.
Field Note: Who Is Accountable When the Agent Acts?
The Operating System | Field Notes | Agentic AI Governance | 15 min read
The Return
For two months I ran a system without a body.
The Return: What Does a Business That Runs Without You Actually Prove?
For two months the content, the frameworks, and the business ran while I stepped back into treatment. The experiment worked. Here is what it proved, what it did not, and what comes next.
Field Note: When Your AI Says No, What Does It Cost You Not to Know?
You have an incident response plan for a data breach. You almost certainly don't have one for the day your AI is found to be failing a protected group. A real case shows what that costs.
Field Note: What Is the Inclusion Tax Hiding in Your AI Stack — and Why Does It Compound?
You track who you hire. Do you track whether your AI tools work for them? The gap is a tax — and it's compounding.
Field Note #4: Vendor Questions That Need Answers?
You evaluate AI vendors on accuracy, speed, and cost. Yet, almost never ask the question that determines whether the tool works for your entire workforce.
Field Note #3: The Missing Accessibility Audit
Every organization audits for financial risk, almost none audit for accessibility risk in their AI systems. Here is what that audit looks like.
WHY YOUR AI GOVERNANCE NEEDS A CONTINUITY PLAN
Field Note #2: The Continuity Gap