Sample AI Governance Artifacts | Touch Stone Publishers

Artifact Suite executive exhibit showing board agenda, decision rights map, evidence register, role prompts, and lab output.

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Before You Engage, Inspect the Work. These Samples Show the Structure and Standard of Every Touch Stone Deliverable.

These are illustrative examples — not client work product, not legal advice, not compliance certification, and not evidence of a completed client engagement. They show exactly what a board briefing agenda, decision-rights map, evidence register, role playbook excerpt, and lab output snapshot look like. Nothing is hidden behind a form.

Sample 01

Board briefing agenda.

TimeSegmentBoard questionOutput
0–10 minExposure framingWhere is AI already creating fiduciary, operational, or reputational exposure?Shared exposure map
10–25 minAuthority diagnosisWho can approve, pause, escalate, or reject AI use by risk tier?Initial decision-rights gap list
25–40 minEvidence standardWhat record would show that oversight occurred before a problem became public?Evidence register starter list
40–55 minRole implicationsWhat must the board, CEO, GC, CFO, CISO, and compliance leader each own?Role playbook pathway
55–60 minNext actionWhat should happen in the next 30 days?Executive next-step memo

Sample 02

Decision-rights map.

AI use classApprovePauseEscalateEvidence owner
Low-risk productivity supportBusiness ownerBusiness ownerFunction leadFunction lead
Customer-impacting automationCEO delegate + legal/risk reviewRisk or legalCEO and general counselRisk leader
Regulated decision supportExecutive committeeGeneral counsel or risk chairBoard committeeCompliance leader
Autonomous consequential actionBoard-defined authority onlyGC, CISO, or board designeeBoard committeeNamed executive owner

This is a sample structure. Actual authority design depends on the organization’s legal posture, operating model, risk appetite, and counsel review.

Sample 03

AI governance evidence register.

Evidence artifactPurposeOwnerReview cadence
AI use inventoryShows where AI is deployed, tested, or purchased.CIO or AI program leadMonthly
Risk classification recordDocuments why an AI use was assigned to a risk tier.Risk leaderAt approval and material change
Human oversight controlShows where human authority remains required.Business ownerQuarterly
Exception and incident logTracks overrides, drift, failures, and escalation events.CISO or risk leaderMonthly and post-incident
Board reporting packetSummarizes risk movement, open exceptions, and governance decisions.General counsel or board liaisonQuarterly

Sample 04

Role playbook excerpt.

General counsel prompt

Before the next AI approval, ask: where does the record show who had authority, what risk tier was assigned, what evidence was reviewed, and who can pause the system?

CFO prompt

Before funding expansion, ask: what AI value claim is being made, what metric proves it, what downside exposure exists, and who owns the variance?

CISO prompt

Before deployment, ask: what data does the system touch, what access path exists, what red-team or control evidence exists, and what triggers shutdown?

Board director prompt

Before relying on management assurance, ask: what system of reporting exists, what red flags are tracked, and when does this return to the board?

Sample 05

Executive lab output snapshot.

Issue register

Open governance questions, decision bottlenecks, unclear owners, missing evidence, and escalation risks surfaced during the working session — documented, owned, and sequenced for resolution.

Operating map

A draft flow connecting board oversight, executive authority, legal review, risk controls, security review, and business ownership — specific to the organization, not a template.

30-day sequence

Immediate actions to assign owners, stabilize evidence, clarify decision rights, and prepare the next governance review — with named owners and no ambiguity about who does what first.

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The complete sample packet in one PDF.

All five sample artifacts — board briefing agenda, decision-rights map, AI governance evidence register, role prompts, and lab output snapshot — in a single downloadable packet.

The packet is illustrative, not client work product, legal advice, compliance certification, or proof of a completed client engagement.

The organization that sees what governance produces before it engages is the organization that engages with confidence.