Governance Diagnostic | The Reed Group

Entry-Point Engagement

You own it.
Can you govern it?

A focused diagnostic for organizations that have deployed AI and need a practitioner's read on where their governance stands before committing to a full assessment.

The Pattern

Most organizations discover their AI governance gap the same way: after something goes wrong. A vendor builds a system, hands over the keys, and walks out the door. The organization now owns something it did not design, cannot fully explain, and has no formal process to oversee. The risk was always there. It just had no name.

What This Is

The Governance Diagnostic is a structured first look at your AI governance posture. Not a technology audit. Not a compliance checklist. A judgment call on whether your organization can account for what it has deployed.

This is a focused engagement designed to surface the critical gaps quickly: who owns your AI systems, who can access them, where decision authority is unclear, and whether your current governance posture can withstand scrutiny from a board, a regulator, or a breach.

The output is a Diagnostic Summary with a risk tier rating and clear guidance on what needs immediate attention. You leave knowing whether you need a full Signals Assessment or whether targeted fixes will close the gap.

What You Receive

Diagnostic Interview

A structured 90-minute session covering your AI stack, decision authority, access controls, and current governance posture.

Risk Tier Rating

Your organization rated across four governance dimensions. A clear signal of where you stand relative to what your board, investors, or regulators expect.

Diagnostic Summary

A written brief identifying the critical governance gaps, ownership ambiguities, and exposure points that surfaced during the interview.

Next-Step Recommendation

A clear recommendation: targeted fixes you can execute immediately, or a scoped path to a full Signals Assessment if the gaps warrant deeper investigation.

Who This Is For

You have deployed AI tools in the last 18 months and have no formal governance framework in place.
A vendor or internal builder created your system and you are not certain who owns the outputs or the risk.
Your board or leadership has started asking AI governance questions you are not fully prepared to answer.
You want to understand your exposure before committing to a larger engagement.
You want a practitioner's read on your situation, not a consultant's slide deck full of frameworks you will never implement.

When You Need More

The Governance Diagnostic is designed to give you a clear picture fast. For organizations that need a comprehensive assessment with site and systems review, full ownership mapping, a board-ready Governance Readiness Report, and a prioritized remediation roadmap, the Signals Assessment ($15,000 - $25,000) is the next step. Many clients begin with the Diagnostic and move to the full Assessment based on findings.

Tim Reed, CPP

Founder, The Reed Group

26 years in corporate security across aerospace, autonomous vehicles, and high technology, including Apple and Uber. Certified Protection Professional. Author of Signals in the Noise. The Reed Group works with organizations navigating the intersection of physical security, AI deployment, and governance accountability. This is not a theoretical framework. It is built from field experience in organizations that actually deploy AI at scale.

Engagement Investment

$2,500 – $4,000

Flat fee. No hourly billing. No retainer required to start.

Start with a conversation

tim.reed@reedgroup.ai

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