You Do Not Have Governance, You Have Documentation
Jason Stearns
August 17, 2026
Ask most organizations with an IG program if they have governance over their information, and
Ask most organizations with an IG program if they have governance over their information, and
Every organization has at least one system nobody wants to touch. A legacy repository built
Many organizations already have the beginnings of an AI governance program. There’s an acceptable use policy, a
Most organizations have spent years building retention schedules around a familiar set of record types: project documents,
Organizations don’t struggle to manage their data because they lack policy. Most have a retention schedule somewhere,
This series began with a simple claim. If information governance exists only in policy, it