AI governance advisory
Your organisation already uses AI. Shepherd helps you understand where it is, who is responsible and how to govern it in everyday work.
The starting point
As AI tools, suppliers and use cases multiply, responsibility often falls between teams. A governance programme gives them a shared way to make decisions and act.
Visibility into tools, systems and their owners.
Priorities shaped by context and potential impact.
Clear roles and evidence behind each decision.
How Shepherd helps
A focused assessment, hands-on implementation or ongoing support. The scope starts with your organisation.
Understand
A shared understanding of your AI use, governance maturity and the gaps worth addressing first.
For teams that need a clear starting point.
What you take away
Build
Turn the roadmap into a way of working: useful policies, accountable decisions and controls built into your processes.
For organisations ready to move from planning to practice.
What you take away
Operate
Keep the programme moving as tools, risks and the questions your team faces continue to change.
For teams that need ongoing specialist capacity.
What you take away
A practical way of working
Documents people use. Responsibilities people understand.
Shepherd works with the people who already know your organisation: Security, IT, Legal, Privacy, Risk and the teams using AI. The aim is to make governance part of their work.
AI use, business priorities, the teams involved and the scope of the programme.
Identify meaningful gaps and define actions, owners and the evidence expected.
Design processes and controls that can be used within everyday operations.
Reassess risks, follow through on decisions and keep the programme current.
Standards as a reference
Frameworks guide the programme. Your context determines the priorities and scope.
Management system
A structure for developing an AI management system and preparing governance documentation and processes.
Risk management
A reference for organising the identification, assessment and management of risk across the AI lifecycle.
Contextual readiness
A readiness overlay where your organisation’s AI use and activities make this framework relevant.
Shepherd supports preparation and implementation. Accredited bodies provide certification; your legal advisers own legal conclusions.
Before we begin
No. Governance also matters when your organisation uses third-party tools or adds AI to existing processes. The scope starts with actual use, accountable owners and relevant risks.
If you do not yet have a shared view of AI use and governance gaps, the readiness assessment is a useful starting point. If a programme is already in place, an initial conversation helps identify the specific support you need.
No. Shepherd helps prepare and implement a governance programme. Certification is conducted by an accredited body and is not a guaranteed outcome of an engagement.
Yes. The work starts with your security, privacy, risk and compliance processes to identify what can be adapted to AI and where additional work is needed.
This offering is professional advisory and ongoing support. The programme is designed around your organisation and can draw on tools your team already uses.
The next step
Tell us how your organisation uses AI, what concerns you and what you need to resolve. From there, we can define the right scope.
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