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AI Adoption Initiative · AA-09

Secure Shadow-AI Amnesty & Migration

ImpactVery High
Complexity2 / 5
AI Adoption Est.$4,500Starting

People are already using AI tools the firm never approved, because the approved option is slower or doesn't exist yet. Cracking down on it just teaches people to hide it better, and pretending it isn't happening doesn't make the exposure go away either. The firm ends up carrying the risk without getting any of the upside from what people have already figured out works.

The outcomeThe AI use that's already happening gets brought out into the open under the governance framework instead of staying hidden. The patterns that are actually working get turned into approved, supported workflows. Risk goes down, and the people who found a better way of working don't get punished for it.

What you get

  • A time-boxed amnesty window where people can disclose what they've been using
  • Clear rules that disclosure carries no penalty, stated up front and meant
  • An honest inventory of the shadow tools and use cases already in play
  • Migration of the patterns that are actually delivering value into approved, governed workflows
  • Updated guidance so future use stays inside the framework instead of drifting back underground

How we prove it · Your agreed metrics

  • What share of known shadow use gets brought under governance
  • How many high-value patterns get converted into approved workflows
  • Fewer high-risk data exposure incidents
  • Whether employees are actually willing to disclose and improve their AI use, not just told to
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