Sravan Vadigepalli, leading enterprise AI strategy at Lowe’s, outlines six guidelines for governing AI systems that emphasize keeping humans involved in decision-making through principles rather than rigid rules. He stresses the need to encode corporate values as machine-readable governance layers, implement confidence-based human oversight (“trust thermostat”), and ensure context integration for AI reasoning, enabling organizations to shift from directly executing tasks to overseeing AI-driven processes with human judgment focused on exceptions. This governance approach aims to bridge the gap between AI experimentation and scalable business value by redefining roles around setting intent, managing risk, and embedding culture in AI operations.