What does a fractional Chief AI Officer do?

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# What does a fractional Chief AI Officer do?

A fractional Chief AI Officer turns AI from scattered experimentation into an operating capability: selecting valuable workflows, setting governance and permissions, choosing tools and models, improving adoption, and measuring whether AI is actually improving the business.

## What this means in practice

- Build an AI opportunity portfolio tied to business work.
- Define governance, data access, human approval, and model/tool standards.
- Configure and connect tools so teams use AI consistently.
- Measure adoption and outcomes, not just usage.

## How Lid Vizion approaches it

We start with the business decision and operating context, define ownership and measurable milestones, then use configuration, integrations, automation, or custom software only where each earns its place.

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- [Does a small business need an AI use policy?](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/does-a-small-business-need-an-ai-policy/)
- [What is the difference between a fractional CTO and a fractional Chief AI Officer?](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/fractional-cto-vs-chief-ai-officer/)

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