An auditor-turned-coach argues that AI failures come from missing controls, not the technology itself. With proper governance and forethought, any business can safely deploy AI. Fear is unnecessary when controls exist.
Early in my career, I was in an audit role and I got to see a lot of things done wrong because an auditor's job is to find controls that either didn't exist or that did exist and then they didn't get followed. And as I was coaching people through the gaps that we were seeing, you know, I came up with this one-liner that really comforted a lot of people. And that one-liner was like, you can do pretty much anything in business that you want with the right controls and thought in place. And I think the biggest risk with AI right now is not that we should be afraid of it, to Todd's point, like it's coming, it's going to get better. I think I'll say my own line to myself, and any of this is possible with the right controls and process in place and forethought.
