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79% of company execs say employees work around their AI governance policies
The survey of 548 executives found 80% say employees work around AI rules, even as 91% say their companies have governance policies.
A recent Zapier survey of 548 U.S. directors, VPs, and C-suite executives found that 52% report employees actively bypass AI governance processes to deploy workflows faster.
Ownership of AI governance remains inconsistent, with 41% of executives reporting responsibility varies by department, while 28% admit formal policies are not consistently enforced across teams.
When workflows fail, accountability often disappears; 51% of executives blame the operating team, 46% blame the builder, making "who owns this?" technically everyone and practically nobody.
Governance failures carry operational costs; 47% of executives report increased manual workload or operational expenses, while 26% say AI workflow issues have affected revenue.
Building guardrails directly into AI tools allows organizations to balance speed with compliance, ensuring governance rules are enforced automatically rather than relying on policy documents alone.