GOVERNING INTELLIGENCE: BOARDS

by Rick Hayes

Drawing on decades of boardroom and executive experience, Rick Hayes has worked with boards, audit committees and executive teams navigating technology transformation, risk management, governance and organisational change. He has seen firsthand how emerging technologies move from innovation projects to board-level responsibilities, and how governance often lags behind capability.

In Governing Boards, Hayes translates complex AI issues into the language directors already accountability, oversight, delegated authority, risk appetite, assurance, investment discipline and organisational trust. Rather than asking boards to become technologists, he provides a practical framework for governing AI using the same principles that directors already apply to capital allocation, financial stewardship, regulatory compliance and enterprise risk.

The result is a guide written not from the perspective of software developers or AI researchers, but from the perspective of those responsible for governing organisations when the consequences of AI reach customers, employees, shareholders and regulators.

102 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 4, 2026

About the author

As a Paranormnal Communications Consultant, Rick Hayes consults on a daily basis with those that have questions regarding life and one's daily path on earth. Rick is the founder of LifesGift, Inc. and also an author and speaker appearing on television, radio, and live events. Rick's online column 'Rick's LifesNotes' appears on the LifesGift web. Rick also writes articles of thought and inspiration for other print and online publications.