2026 · Article / framework
AI Posture Scale
“We're a 3 today. We want to be a 4 by next December.”
What it is
A simple scale that organizations and leaders can use to say where they are with AI today and where they want to be. It works at the org, department, or team level. Picture a CEO at an all-hands saying: “We’re a 3 today. We want to be a 4 by next December.” In fifteen seconds, every manager gets permission, direction, and a year of runway.
Why I wrote it
I kept seeing the same two patterns. People quietly use AI at work because no one has told them whether it’s allowed, and departments use AI at wildly different depths because each one is guessing what leadership wants. Every company already has an AI stance. Most just haven’t picked one, communicated it, or aligned on it.
What I learned
The article struck a chord. I heard from many people and organizations struggling with the same lack of clarity, and they found this a clean way to set direction.