An AI readiness checklist helps executive teams assess whether governance, board oversight, policy boundaries,
reporting, and rollout ownership are ready before AI adoption scales across the organization. Use this page
when the real question is not whether AI is interesting, but whether leadership is actually prepared to scale
it with control.
Core topic: AI readiness checklistGovernance + board oversight90-day rollout readiness
Six questions leadership teams should answer before scaling AI
Do we know which decisions should be AI-assisted and which should not?
Are governance roles, escalation paths, and override rules explicit?
Can we show baseline metrics, not just enthusiasm and pilots?
Do leaders know what this quarter's AI priorities actually are?
Are board and executive reviews looking at value and control together?
Is there a 30-90 day operating rhythm, not just isolated experiments?
Best use cases
Use it before a workshop, steering meeting, or board update
Transformation office readiness reviews
Executive team strategy offsites
Board AI readiness and governance sessions
Early-stage advisory diagnostics for a business unit
Checklist structure
What a practical AI readiness assessment should cover
The highest-value readiness checks are concrete. They tell leadership whether the next quarter of rollout is likely to hold together operationally.
Leadership readiness
Check whether ownership, executive sponsorship, and governance decisions are explicit before rollout expands.
Policy and control readiness
Assess approved tools, data boundaries, review triggers, and escalation paths before teams normalize unsafe workarounds.
Reporting and rollout readiness
Confirm there is a 90-day plan, metric baseline, and board-ready reporting rhythm instead of isolated pilots.
What you download
A concise executive tool, not a generic worksheet
The checklist combines a leadership scorecard, risk prompts, board questions, and a 90-day action plan. It is
built from AILD's readiness assessment, governance brief, and operating model guidance.