Karl A L Smith

human knowledge belongs to the world

Accountability by Design

Governing Without Surveillance

Modern organisations have built much of their governance around visibility. We monitor activity. We maintain records. We analyse behaviour. We create audit trails. We use information to identify risk, demonstrate compliance and provide organisational oversight. This has created a deeply…

Does Accountability Require Everyone to See Everything?

Organisations need accountability. Someone needs to make decisions. Someone needs the authority to act. Someone needs to own the outcome when something goes wrong. But as organisations and their technologies have become more complex, accountability has often become intertwined with…