Service · AI Strategy & Governance New
From AI ambition to a roadmap your board can actually govern.
We translate AI hype into a vendor-neutral strategy, prioritised use-cases and a governance frame that holds up against the AI EU Act — not a slide deck full of demos.
Why now
AI without governance is a liability, not a strategy.
We start where most vendors don’t want to: ownership, risk classification, and the use-cases that genuinely move the needle.
- Your business asks for AI, but no one owns the strategy.
- Pilots are everywhere — value is nowhere.
- The AI EU Act is landing and you can’t evidence which systems fall in scope.
- Vendors keep selling you their AI; you need someone who isn’t selling theirs.
- Data, security and IT each have a partial answer — never the whole one.
The Xedis AI maturity ladder
Most organisations sit between rung 1 and 2. We help you climb.
Each engagement starts with an honest read of where you are today — and a pragmatic path to the next rung. No leapfrog. No hand-waving.
- Level 00
Curious
Scattered experiments. No ownership. No policy.
- Level 01
Aware
AI policy in draft. Use-cases listed. Risk register opened.
- Level 02
Governed
AI Act mapping done. Roles, controls and intake process live.
- Level 03
Scaling
Prioritised portfolio of use-cases delivering measurable value.
- Level 04
Embedded
AI is a capability of the operating model — not a side project.
Our approach
Four moves. From workshop to governable roadmap.
Where you really are.
- AI maturity assessment across strategy, data, governance & adoption
- Inventory of existing AI use, shadow AI included
- Stakeholder interviews — business, IT, data, legal, security
What’s worth doing.
- Use-case discovery & prioritisation (value vs. feasibility vs. risk)
- Build / buy / partner decisions per use-case
- Vendor-neutral target architecture
How you stay in control.
- AI EU Act risk classification per system
- AI policy, intake & review board, model lifecycle controls
- Alignment with NIS2, DORA and ISO 27001
How it lands.
- Prioritised roadmap with owners, milestones and benefits
- Senior delivery support — program, OCM, vendor management
- Measurable outcomes wired into portfolio reporting
What you get
A strategy you can defend in the boardroom — and the audit room.
Prioritised
Use-case portfolio scored on value, feasibility & risk
AI Act-ready
Risk classification & control evidence per system
Vendor-neutral
Architecture and tooling decisions taken on outcomes
Governable
Intake, review board and lifecycle controls in motion
Client story
Be the first reference.
AI Strategy & Governance is a new domain in our portfolio. We’re actively shaping it with launch clients — vendor-neutral, senior, and grounded in 25+ years of IT governance work. If you’re early in your AI journey, this is the right moment to talk.
Talk about a launch engagementNew domain. Same DNA — independent, senior, governance-first. The same discipline we’ve applied to NIS2, DORA and ITSM transformations for two decades.
Related capabilities
AI strategy lives at the intersection of strategy, GRC and change.
A 60-minute AI Strategy workshop. No demo. No vendor pitch.
We sit down with you and your team, map where you are on the maturity ladder, and leave you with one honest next step.
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