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Directors are asking where the company wants AI, what it will not accept, and what evidence they could show if asked. Those are board sessions, and they are yours to run. Triodian brings the structure: the ten steps of Board Direction, the eight decisions of Risk Appetite, the scales, the checks and the record. You propose no position and give no legal advice; neither does Triodian.
Not legal advice. Triodian records positions and states what documents show. Whether anything meets a legal obligation, and what your duties require, are questions for your counsel.
Two engagements
Ten steps in one workshop and one board meeting: where the board wants AI, what it rules out, what must come back to it, what information may go where, what harm it will not tolerate, what it expects to hear, and who is accountable. Standalone for general companies; connected for regulated entities, where it sets the directions the appetite must stay within.
The steps →For APRA, ASIC and MAS regulated entities: eight board decisions over two sessions and a challenge round, recorded as statements, tolerances and triggers that an assessment, a provider and a control can all be measured against.
The sessions →Who does what
Every position is proposed by a director, the chair, the CEO or, in connected mode, the CRO. You, the general counsel and Triodian explain, answer questions and record.
Facilitates the board process: agenda, pre-read, the workshop, the minute. Holds the relationship with the board. Proposes no position; gives no legal advice; does not perform the assessment.
Acts as counsel. Answers the legal questions logged in the workshop and advises on what the board must set. Drafts the acceptable-use policy from the outline.
Supplies the steps, the scales and the position file. Records positions with who proposed them. Runs the consistency checks. States no view on what the appetite should be.
In the room
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Each director works through a short briefing before the workshop. The app records that they read it.
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Positions proposed and recorded as they are made, with any dissent or condition. A position the room cannot settle is recorded as not set, with an owner and a date.
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Any point that turns on what the company is obliged to do becomes a numbered question to counsel, not a decision in the room.
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The board resolves, amends or returns at its next meeting. The chair records the resolution, the review interval and the events that reopen it.
Commercial principles
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No referral fees, either way. Each adviser’s independence stays visible to the board.
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The minute and the board paper are yours. The technical annex is Triodian’s, and goes to the board unedited.
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Thirty minutes on the worked example, a fictional company, before any client is named.