Research Library
Research for the decisions leaders must own.
Start with the current issue, find research for a specific decision, or understand what the planned Research Library membership adds. Our work examines the evidence, authority, and operating responsibilities behind executive AI decisions.
The current issue is Agent Ready Data: The Work Before the Agent. Start with the public audio overview, then read the related article.
Latest thinking
All research →The Device Was FDA-Cleared Twice. Nobody Checked Whether It Belonged in Europe.
Two teams did careful, well-documented AI oversight work. Neither owned the question of whether a system crossing into a new regulator’s jurisdiction had been classified for it.
Oct 12, 2026- Sector Intelligence
The FCA Says Accountability Stays With the Senior Manager. The Model Still Belongs to the Supplier.
- The Founder’s Ledger
The Board Praised the Pledge. No One Could Say Who Could Stop the System.
- Sector Intelligence
The FSB Wrote Twelve Practices for Bank AI Agents. The Board Decides Whether They Are Standards.
Useful before you ever work with us
Explore free articles, board briefs, and white papers with evidence, practical questions, and clear implications for leadership. Use the research in your own thinking and discussions. Choose the subject that matters to the decision in front of you.
Read the white papers · Browse articles · Browse board briefs
Browse by collection
Research Library →White Papers
Board-level frameworks with the evidence and the questions a director should ask.
All white papers →Board Briefs
Delaware rulings, filings and enforcement read for what they change in the boardroom.
Seminal Perspectives
The laws and patterns underneath board failures, named so they can be recognized early.
The Founder’s Ledger
Glenn E. Daniels II on what boards declare and what they actually build.
All entries →Sector Intelligence
One filing or ruling per brief, with the exposed companies, the positioned ones and the window.
Daily Intelligence
The development a board should know about today, with the question to ask management.
Sectors we cover
Sector Intelligence →Separate engagements for boards and executives
All engagements →Private Decision Brief
A company-specific evidence base and pre-read for one consequential choice, with a recommendation, conditions and an owner.
Discuss a brief →Board Working Session
A focused agenda that surfaces disagreement and evidence gaps, and ends with a decision record and named owners.
Discuss a session →Client-Led Residency
Your team builds and runs one workflow. Touch Stone teaches and guides, and independent QA reviews before acceptance.
Discuss a workflow →90-Day Follow-Through
Optional, separately bounded evidence reviews with agreed checkpoints and a final closeout.
Discuss follow-through →Two readers. One annual research license.
The planned license is $7,500 per year for two named readers within the same company. Full flagship playbooks, companion white papers, and research reviews are being prepared as a shared collection. Available titles and the delivery calendar will be confirmed before enrollment opens.
Enrollment is not open. No payment is requested here. The eligible prior archive will be added only after inventory, quality, rights, and access checks.
Keep your current access.
The planned offer does not change existing purchases or agreements. Use your current member sign-in, or contact us for help finding purchased material. Consulting, custom research, and residency labs are separate engagements, outside the planned annual research license.
Touch Stone provides executive decision support and guided capability development. The work is not legal advice, a compliance certification, or a promise of liability reduction.