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TokenShift guides

Three guides to move AI from pilot to governed production

Each guide is written for one decision — the controls, the money, the regulation — as a PDF you can hand to your executive committee: one argument from start to finish, built on the executive notes and their sources, ending with a tool for the meeting. Pick the one that matches the question on your table.

The six controls · 2026 edition

From Pilot to Governed Production: the Six Controls and the Executive Checklist

The agent passport, the execution contract, testing the right to act, supervision debt, quality control — and a twelve-question checklist for the executive committee.

For : CEOs, COOs, CIOs and executive sponsors of AI agents

Inside — 7 chapters

  1. 01Why pilots stop at the door of production
  2. 02The agent passport: six controls, one owner, one page
  3. 03Granting rights in tiers: the execution contract and the test of the right to act
  4. 04What eats the gains: supervision debt and the plausible sample
  5. 05The mandate, the kill switch and the fleet
  6. 06The path in four steps: the Boreal case
  7. 07The tool: the executive checklist in twelve questions
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The CFO file · 2026 edition

The CFO File on AI in Production: cost per outcome, ROI and the five lines to demand

The five lines a CFO should demand before the first euro, cost per outcome when token prices fall and the bill rises, the gap between perceived and measured gains, the right KPI when AI sells work.

For : CFOs, controllers, COOs and budget sponsors

Inside — 7 chapters

  1. 01Why pilot ROI proves nothing
  2. 02The five lines of the file
  3. 03Cost per outcome: when the token price falls and the bill rises
  4. 04When AI produces work: the accepted case and the absorption ceiling
  5. 05The model changes every nine weeks: what that does to the budget
  6. 06The running case: the file fills in line by line
  7. 07The tool: the CFO file template
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EU AI Act and DORA · 2026 edition

EU AI Act and DORA: the Operating Teams' Kit

What the EU AI Act asks of the teams that operate AI systems, access controls for agents in the browser, local and multimodal AI, the failover plan when a model can be switched off by decree, and DORA's exit and concentration requirements.

For : Risk, compliance, CIO, CISO and operating teams in regulated sectors

Inside — 7 chapters

  1. 01What the texts actually ask of the people who operate
  2. 02Classify the use, not the tool
  3. 03Proof of execution and competent human oversight
  4. 04Agents that read, click and browse
  5. 05Tests that prove nothing
  6. 06The failover plan
  7. 07The tool: the timeline and the ten questions
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