SOTRAI supports leaders and executive bodies in governing AI responsibly, building trust and staying accountable – research-based, practical, and at decision level.
When AI helps decide, you need a clear answer: who is accountable for its use, who may intervene — and who can stop the system?
Boards and executive management carry full accountability for AI-driven decisions – and have no instrument to exercise it.
AI systems already prepare, prioritise and make decisions in organisations – often before it's clear who is accountable, where the risk limits lie and how to escalate. Accountability cannot be delegated to a model: it remains legally and fiduciarily with the board and executive management. A gap opens between formal accountability and actual control – an accountability gap.
Who is accountable when an AI-supported decision goes wrong?
Where must human judgment be preserved – and is that clearly defined?
When an AI system exceeds its defined limits: who is authorised to intervene, escalate or stop it?
And the pressure is growing: with the EU AI Act, the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI and Switzerland's revised data-protection law (nDSG/nDSV), responsible AI governance becomes an explicit leadership task. Your advantage comes from clarity: who decides, who is accountable and where human judgment stays.
Confidential, direct and in-house with your leadership team. The outcome is the SOTRAI Governance Decision Pack – concrete, immediately applicable decision rules at board/executive level, built around three promises.
Accountability means decision rights, risk boundaries, escalation paths.
Clarity on who is accountable for AI use, who holds which decision rights, and when escalation or intervention is required. Through a structured assessment and an executive workshop, you identify the most important governance gaps and determine which decisions need to be made now. You receive a Governance Decision Pack and an actionable 90-day roadmap.
In-house · compact entry point · no extensive preparation
AI governance is leadership work that builds trust.
For boards, executive teams and associations: in a compact format, you clarify who is accountable for AI use, where human oversight must remain, and who can intervene when it matters — with a Decision Pack and a 90-day roadmap as the outcome.
Research-based: grounded in the ongoing research of Dr. Jacqueline Kucera at IDHEAP, University of Lausanne, and in 30 interviews and two workshops at the University of Tokyo.
“Dr. Jacqueline Kucera combines deep knowledge of AI governance with a human-centred perspective and translates technological complexity into clear leadership action.”— Dr. h.c. Nik Gugger · Member of the Swiss National Council
How leadership teams govern AI responsibly – including with Discoveries Inc. (Tokyo), a Japanese IT company that develops AI agents.
Founder of SOTRAI · 20 years of leadership · research at IDHEAP (University of Lausanne) and the University of Tokyo. Previously: head of the Parliamentary Library and of Research & Data at the Swiss Parliamentary Services, deputy section head at the Federal Statistical Office, and team lead at Zurich Financial.
“I have collaborated with Dr. Jacqueline Kucera across conferences, panels and the parlementAIre proof of concept for the Swiss Parliament. She combines deep AI-governance expertise with a rare grasp of institutional realities and democratic accountability.”
Isabelle Chappuis · Member of the Swiss National Council · Author of Notre liberté de penser“As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I experienced Jacqueline Kucera’s expertise first-hand. She combines deep knowledge of AI governance with a human-centred perspective and translates technological complexity into clear leadership action.”
Dr. h.c. Nik Gugger · Member of the Swiss National Council„As a business leader actually driving AI transformation in my own company, the scenarios discussed reflected my current reality. This experience reinforced my hypothesis that we may need to fundamentally redesign not only organisational structures, but also business processes and evaluation systems."
Yuichiro Shimada · CEO & Founder, Discoveries Inc. (Tokyo)„A particularly enriching coaching for me – also because Jacqueline Kucera knows the Federal Administration and its particularities inside out. She doesn't lecture or give quick answers; instead she asks exactly the right questions: precise, empathetic and at the right moment."
Senior leader, Swiss Federal Administration„The parliamentary library – a dry subject? Not when Jacqueline Kucera speaks about the challenges and opportunities AI brings. She managed to captivate our participants and inspire them to use AI in a targeted and informed way."
Prof. Dr. Kuno Schedler · University of St. Gallen (HSG)HerImpact: „Three experienced women in leadership shared from their daily work – enriching to listen to them and learn from them. It felt good to see that you're not alone with your experiences. I can recommend the event to anyone interested in new leadership and New Work."
Laura Barchi · elbecom.ch · HerImpactStrengthening leaders, preparing teams to shape AI: human, clear and trustworthy.
What matters is the real AI challenge you want to tackle for your organisation.
In 30 minutes, we clarify where your organisation stands on AI governance and what the sensible next step is.
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