Overruled 6x6™ Executive Governance Assessment
Derived from Overruled: Governing the Intelligent Enterprise (Columbia Business School Publishing, Spring 2027), the Overruled 6x6™ gives boards and executive teams a structured view of how effectively their organization governs AI-shaped decisions, capability transformation, operational dependence, and accountability over time.
The assessment complements existing disciplines in compliance, model risk management, information security, data governance, and AI ethics by examining how decision-making responsibilities change as intelligent systems become embedded in business processes.
Enterprise Governance Readiness Snapshot
The Overruled 6x6™ framework evaluates enterprise governance across six governance dimensions and six institutional capabilities. The six questions below provide a brief preview of the types of issues explored in the full assessment. The complete assessment is conducted confidentially, with responses anonymized to encourage candid executive participation and provide a more reliable view of organizational governance readiness.
Check each governance practice that is consistently demonstrated across your organization today.
Identify where intelligent systems shape consequential business decisions.
Assign clear executive ownership for decisions materially influenced by AI.
Ensure authority, accountability, and oversight align as AI use expands.
Incorporate governance at the start of AI-enabled business capability redesign.
Govern intelligent systems throughout their operational lifecycle.
Treat intelligent systems as an enterprise governance responsibility.
Interpret your organization's governance readiness using the number of statements you checked.
Strong Governance Foundation: 5–6 checked
Your organization appears to have established many of the governance disciplines required to govern intelligent systems at enterprise scale.
Developing Governance Readiness: 3–4 checked
Your organization has established important governance practices but may benefit from strengthening consistency across authority, oversight, transformation, and lifecycle governance.
Foundational Governance Opportunity: 0–2 checked
Your organization may still be governing intelligent systems primarily through technology and risk functions rather than as an enterprise governance responsibility.