THE REFERENCE LIBRARY
Board-ready tools for governing agentic AI
Each artifact answers a single question, serves a defined audience, and is built to travel on its own. Free to share, with attribution, under CC BY-ND 4.0.
The author is Principal, Energy and Infrastructure at Graphwise from August 2026. These artifacts are written in a personal capacity. Comparative assessment of named vendors in the knowledge graph and semantic technology category is suspended for the duration of that affiliation.
Board materialsThe case for the mandate, and the questions to ask today.
Board Briefing
What does the board need to know?
BoardC-suite
PDF · v2.2Open →
Governing Agentic AI: A Board Pack
The governance structure, in one pack.
BoardC-suite
PDF · v1.3Open →
Governance foundationsWhat to own, who governs it, and who holds the role.
CDO Mandate, Organisation & Operating Modes
Who governs it, and how?
BoardCEO
PDF · v1.6Open →
The Agentic AI Capability Stack™
What must we own and govern?
CDOEnterprise ArchitectCTO
PDF · v3.3Open →
CDO Role Specification
Who can hold the mandate?
BoardCEOExecutive Search
PDF · v2.2Open →
Decision instrumentsWorking tools: organisational readiness, use-case risk, and a frozen vendor coverage assessment.
Vendor Coverage Diagnostic
What do the vendors actually cover?
CDOCTOProcurement
PDF · v1.2 · Q2 2026 · frozen, not maintainedOpen →
Agentic AI Readiness Assessment
Where is our organisation today?
BoardCDOCTO
PDF · v1.4Open →
Use Case Risk Classification
How risky is this use case?
CDOCRODeployment teams
PDF · v1.3Open →
Licence
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Frédéric Verhelst · fredericverhelst.com/TOI-library