October 2026

Once you start approving AI tools, the policy is the easy part. Jim Smith on vetting, access limits, human review and the broken processes AI makes worse. Most companies start their AI governance by writing a policy. Jim Smith, Managing Partner at Total Technology Resources (TTR), is blunt about its limits: “Like any policy, just […]

How employees are already using AI at work without approval, and what leadership should check first. When a business owner tells us their company isn’t really using AI yet, we know what they mean. Nobody has rolled out an AI platform. There’s no AI initiative and no approved list of tools. We also know it’s