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As organizations plan for 2027, many are deciding what work AI agents will take on next year. Successful businesses take ownership of their obligations and make commitments to meet them. These commitments are promises that must be kept. That is the lens worth bringing to AI: how can AI agents help us keep the promises we have made? Obligations and promises Over the last year in our Elevate Compliance Huddles, we have walked through the Operationalized Obligation model, which

Digital Engineering as Strategy Organizations in high-risk industries are under pressure to adopt AI. They also carry commitments to regulators, workers, customers and the public. AI can help keep those commitments when it is engineered to do so. That requires being able to answer three questions at any time: - Are we on mission? - Are we operating between the lines? - Are we ahead of risk? Most organizations answer these after the fact, through audits, reports and reviews. A

Many of you may be familiar with the concept of digital twins in futuristic factories, but what if I told you your business is already building one, right now? The truth is, every company, from the corner bakery to the global conglomerate, is accumulating a powerful – and often unrecognized – tool: its digital twin. Imagine this: a vast collection of data – customer interactions, sales figures, website clicks. Valuable information, certainly, but without context, it's akin to

Digital twins are virtual counterparts of physical entities that merge real-time data from sensors and IoT devices with sophisticated analytics and simulation, facilitating monitoring, analysis, and optimization of operations and assets. Digital Twin Safety Alongside benefits of Digital Twins, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) introduces additional considerations and risks commensurate with how digital twins are used either as a Digital Shadow, Decision Support,

The Future of Compliance - Digital Threads In response to the Grenfell Tower Fire, the UK government recently introduced new regulations and a new regulator to address shortcomings in building safety. This new safety regime is intended to prevent the occurrence of incidents similar to the Grenfell Tower disaster that resulted in 72 deaths in 2017. Among the measures that this regulation introduces is what is being called, "A Golden Thread." This is in fact a "Digital Thread"

With the increases in the number and severity of security breaches, digital factories could benefit from risk-based process safety management to protect against unexpected releases of private data, information, and insights. Process Safety is a combination of engineering and management skills focused on preventing catastrophic accidents, particularly explosions, fires, and toxic releases, associated with the use of chemicals and petroleum products. Process safety practices ha

Digital Depot of Transformation Digital Transformation – The Home Depot of Computing Walking into a building construction store like Home Depot can be overwhelming. There are so many items to choose from and if you are like me you often don't know what you are looking for. If you are a builder or contractor most of the items will make sense and be familiar to you. However, what is more important, you will know what to do with them when you take them home. This experience is s

Digital Transformation Over the last several decades companies have invested in paper-on-glass solutions as part of their digital progression. However, what only a few companies have done is change their processes to exploit the power of their digital technology. Dr. Goldratt, developer of the Theory of Constraints, speaks to this issue directly: "Technology can bring benefit if, and only if, it diminishes a limitation. Long before the availability of technology, we develope

The State of Digital Transformation It is easy to be sympathetic with those developing digital technologies that are frustrated with the relatively slow adoption of digital transformation. By analogy, the internet has significantly changed the way we think and operate our businesses along with our own personal lives. The internet continues to this day to be the foundation for new and exciting possibilities, including further digital transformation. It is no wonder that many a