The Governance Gap: Why AI Is Already Running Your Business — and Nobody Is in Charge

AI is already making decisions inside your business. The real question is: Who is in charge of it?For most mid-market companies, AI didn't arrive as a strategy. It slipped in through ERP upgrades, procurement tools, pricing engines, and every acquisition. By the time anyone asked for an "AI strategy," the models were already running.The Governance Gap is a field manual for leaders who have to live with that reality.Using a practical four-part framework, Rance Johnson shows how to take responsibility back before regulators, investors, or a consequential AI failure forces the question:Govern — Put someone clearly in chargeMap — Build an AI Decision RegistryMeasure — Test for bias, risk, and performanceManage — Turn insight into actionIf you are a CIO, CTO, operating partner, general counsel, or risk leader in a mid-market organization, this book gives you a realistic 24–36 month roadmap from "AI is everywhere and invisible" to "AI is governed on purpose."AI is already running parts of your business. This book is about making sure someone is truly responsible for it. Read more