Fall Reading: 10 Expert Takes on AI's Shift From Rollout to Risk Management
InformationWeek, Friday, September 18th, 2026
A roundup of commentaries from IBM, Walmart and EY leaders on governing agentic systems rather than deploying them.
The collection gathers ten IT leader commentaries reflecting a shift from how to roll AI out to how to manage and optimize its business impact.
IBM's Dave McGinnis describes cybersecurity teams operating less like maintenance crews and more like structural engineers. DataBee chief data officer Erin Hamm argues governance is becoming foundational to trustworthiness as AI spreads.
SurveyMonkey's Meenal Iyer introduces decision drift and the need for confidence thresholds, numeric values determining when a system can execute automatically and when a human should intervene, recalibrated as conditions shift.