AI policies that actually get read
If you can't pop-quiz your team on the rules in your AI policy, you don't have a policy — you have a document.
Length, formality, and legal language are the three killers of policy compliance.
One page, plain English, three rules — your team will remember.
The rollout meeting matters more than the document itself.
Why long policies fail
When we audit policies that aren't being followed, the same patterns show up. The policy is 5–40 pages. It has a glossary at the front. It was clearly written by lawyers or copied from a template that was. It uses the words 'shall' and 'in accordance with' frequently.
This isn't a bad-faith document — it's a thorough document. But a thorough policy is one that nobody reads. And a policy nobody reads is, functionally, no policy.
What works
Short, plain, present-tense, three rules. Hold a 30-minute meeting. Take questions. Get acknowledgments. Re-read every quarter. Companies that do this have policies their team can recite from memory; the longer policies don't even pass a quiz.
Want a hand getting this right?
A 30-minute conversation often saves weeks of guessing. We'll talk through your team, your data, and what to do first — no slide deck required.