Assurance belongs where work happens
Assurance should prevent failures, not merely document them. Governance should participate in execution.
Manifesto proposition: Assurance where work happens
Emerging foundation
Principles of Operational Assurance
Four thematic clusters derived from the founding Manifesto—an emerging foundation for debate and practice, not a formal numbered standard.
Behaviour is part of assurance
Clarity, defaults, incentives, attention, norms and psychological safety shape whether intent becomes action.
Manifesto proposition: Knowing is not the same as doing
Humans and AI share an operational system
People and AI agents should work against the same underlying operational truth, even where their interfaces differ.
Manifesto proposition: Humans and AI under one operational truth
Control should enable ambition
Assurance should support confidence to move, delegate, automate and transform.
Manifesto proposition: Assurance enables ambition