The Marshall AI Governance Readiness Standard (MAGRS) was created by Richard Marshall, a technology advisor with more than four decades of experience helping organizations adopt and manage new technologies.
Throughout the past forty years, organizations have navigated major technological transitions including personal computing, networking, the internet, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity.
Artificial intelligence represents the next major transition. Unlike previous technologies, however, AI tools are increasingly capable of assisting with cognitive tasks such as drafting documents, conducting research, summarizing information, and generating analytical insights.
These tools are rapidly becoming embedded in everyday workplace software, often appearing before leadership has had the opportunity to reflect on their broader implications.
This raises a simple but important question:
When artificial intelligence assists professional work, who remains responsible for the outcome?
MAGRS was created to help organizations reflect on that question before AI becomes invisible within everyday workflows.
Artificial intelligence may assist human decision-making, but responsibility always remains with humans.
The purpose of MAGRS is not to slow innovation or restrict technological progress. Instead, the framework encourages organizations to remain thoughtful and intentional as AI tools become integrated into professional work.
Organizations that benefit most from artificial intelligence will likely be those that adopt these technologies with both curiosity and responsibility.
MAGRS exists to support that balance.
Richard Marshall
Founder, Marshall AI Governance Readiness Standard
Lexington, Kentucky
Marshall AI Governance Readiness Standard (MAGRS)
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