The biggest mistake companies make with AI governance is writing more policies treating policy completion as proof that governance works.
Leaders need to ask a harder question: who can make the decision, with what evidence, and what happens when the answer is unclear?
That is why governance is not only a compliance exercise. It is an across product, security, legal, procurement and the business.
The practical test is simple. If the policy cannot help a real team make a real decision under pressure, it is not yet an operating capability.