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Board Sign-Off & AI Leadership Briefing

This is a template document. All text in [square brackets] must be completed by your organisation. This template does not constitute legal advice. Review with your legal counsel before formal adoption.

1. Purpose

This briefing template helps you take your AIRETT "Strategy and Leadership" results to your board or senior leadership for formal sign-off. Use it after reviewing your AIRETT action plan for this dimension.

  • Organisation name: [Organisation name]
  • AIRETT overall score / band: [e.g. 42/90, Amber]
  • Strategy dimension score: [e.g. 6/15]
  • Prepared by: [Name / role]
  • Date of board meeting: [Date]

2. Where we stand today

Summarise your AIRETT Strategy and Leadership result in plain terms: [e.g. "We scored Red on Strategy and Leadership — there is no written AI strategy, no named accountable owner, and AI is not part of annual planning."]

3. What we are asking the board to approve

  • Adoption of a formal AI strategy (see the AI Strategy Template)
  • Appointment of a named AI governance lead: [proposed name/role]
  • Inclusion of AI adoption in the next annual plan and budget
  • An agreed schedule for reporting AI progress back to the board

4. Risk of inaction

[State the practical risk of not acting — e.g. staff already using unapproved AI tools with no oversight, competitor destinations moving faster, upcoming EU AI Act obligations.]

5. Decision record

DecisionApproved (Y/N)ConditionsNext review date
Adopt AI strategy[ ][ ][ ]
Appoint governance lead[ ][ ][ ]
Include in annual plan/budget[ ][ ][ ]