Six boardroom priorities shaping MENA in 2026 - EY
PushButton AI Team ·
Six boardroom priorities shaping MENA in 2026 - EY
Big companies are finally admitting AI isn't a tool problem. It's a governance problem.
Which means you've been blaming yourself for the wrong thing.
That SaaS subscription collecting dust? That con
Big companies are finally admitting AI isn't a tool problem. It's a governance problem.
Which means you've been blaming yourself for the wrong thing.
That SaaS subscription collecting dust? That consultant who disappeared? It wasn't your fault for picking wrong. It was the absence of a clear decision-making framework before anyone bought anything.
EY just published their 2026 boardroom priorities for major regional businesses. AI governance sits at the top. Not AI adoption. Governance. Even the largest companies in the world are now asking "how do we make smart decisions about AI" before they ask "which AI do we buy."
That's the sequence most business owners get backwards.
Here's the one thing you can do this week without touching your existing systems:
Write down the single most repetitive task your team does that costs more than 5 hours per week. One task. One problem. That becomes your AI brief. Every tool evaluation starts there, not with a vendor demo.
Clarity before commitment. That's how you get your first real AI win.
What's the biggest thing that stopped your last AI investment from actually working inside your business?
To achieve this balance, boards must adopt a strategic and holistic approach that integrates artificial intelligence (AI) governance, cyber assurance, ...
