Governance Intelligence
A new architecture for organisations capable of reasoning, learning and adapting — while remaining accountable to human authority.
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Governance for the age of artificial intelligence.
Intelligence is changing what organisations can know and do. Governance must ensure they remain worthy of trust.
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Governance is changing.
Its purpose is not.
Governance is not simply a system of oversight. It is a moral craft: the practical work of holding purpose, power and judgement together. As intelligence becomes pervasive, that work becomes more important — not less.
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Ideas made practical.
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Experienced counsel for boards and leaders confronting difficult questions of purpose, governance and institutional change.
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Holding the Line develops the philosophy, architecture and practice of governance for an age of machine intelligence.
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21CHG is the home of Mark Sweeny’s work on governance, institutional design and artificial intelligence.
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Holding the Line
Three volumes. One argument: organisations may become more intelligent without becoming more wise — unless governance is deliberately designed to prevent it.
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Questions worth holding.
Short essays and working ideas from the evolving practice of governance.
What happens when AI becomes part of governance itself?
Most writing treats AI as the subject of governance. The more interesting question begins when intelligence enters its architecture.
Why wisdom must remain a human obligation
Machines may extend institutional intelligence. They cannot inherit responsibility for what an institution chooses to become.
The danger of governing at yesterday’s speed
Annual policies and periodic assurance are not enough for organisations whose operating reality changes continuously.