You Have an AI Working Agreement. Write It Down
10 hours ago
- #AI governance
- #team collaboration
- #knowledge management
- An AI Working Agreement consolidates a team's scattered AI usage rules into a single document, detailing delegation, human oversight, review processes, data boundaries, ownership, and amendment procedures.
- Teams already possess implicit AI rules through habits and templates; codifying them prevents knowledge loss during employee turnover and aids new member onboarding.
- Key components include standing defaults, hard boundaries (data, judgment, relationship), active templates, disclosure norms, concern escalation paths, and review triggers.
- Creating the agreement involves gathering existing decisions, filling gaps, assigning ownership, setting amendment rules, and choosing a central location for accessibility.
- Benefits include reducing single points of failure, enabling consistent decision-making, ensuring compliance with organizational policies, and facilitating team alignment and trust in AI outputs.