The framework

Four arcs.
Twelve panes.

Each pane answers one question with Insight you must see and Action you take. Owners, illustrative signals, and standards bridges sit underneath. The window exists so boards, CISOs, CFOs, and adoption leads share one picture instead of framework sprawl.

Start path: Wave 0 on Steady panes (Security → GRC → Cost and Value) then Licence and Adoption. SEE may run thin in parallel. GROW deepens once the base holds. Open the start sequence or assemble a roadmap.

Under the glass

Artefacts the panes produce

AI register template GRC pane · systems, owners, DPIA triggers
Overshare remediation list Security pane · hotspots and due dates
Idle-seat reclaim runbook Licence pane · 30/60/90 rhythm
Frozen value case Cost and Value pane · reconcile line
Literacy plan Adoption / Learning · cohort 1
Board narrative draft Narrative pane · one story

SEE

Understanding

Look out and in: readiness, business, horizon.

How you enter: Thin pass beside Wave 0. Informs priority. Does not delay Steady.

01

You

Where are we really — readiness, culture, shadow AI, capability?

 02

Business

Where is the business — strategy, value chains, constraints, outcomes that matter?

 03

Horizon

Where are technology and the wider world — models, agents, regulation, competitors?

STEADY

Foundations

Load-bearing walls: security, GRC, cost and value.

How you enter: Wave 0 critical path. Owners, register, frozen value case.

04

Security

Can we let AI see and act without leaking, escalating, or being hijacked?

 05

GRC

Who owns AI risk, and can we evidence responsible use?

 06

Cost & Value

What are we spending, forecasting, and actually realising?

MOVE

Adoption & work

Seats become behaviour. Work is redesigned.

How you enter: Licence reclaim and adoption cohorts after Steady holds.

07

Licence

Are seats and credits working, or sitting on the shelf?

 08

Adoption

Are people changing how they work — sustainably?

 09

Work & Skills

How does work actually get done — and how should humans and AI share it?

GROW

Learning & frontier

Narrative, reflection, bounded play.

How you enter: Board story, learning loops, frontier with kill criteria.

10

Narrative

Does the organisation share one clear story — board, staff, regulators?

 11

Learning

Are we getting smarter each cycle?

 12

Frontier

Where do we explore safely — and keep the human spark?

Operating rhythm

Cadence across the window

Weekly

Licence dormancy, security hotspots, adoption blockers (4, 7, 8)

Monthly

Cost/value reconcile; register hygiene; clinic themes (6, 5, 11)

Quarterly

Horizon and disruption review; skills remap; frontier kill/scale (3, 9, 12)

Annually

Full 12-pane maturity; strategy reset (1–2); board narrative (10)

CRAIG STANLEY / 12 PANES