FILED Podcast What does it take to be an AI-ready business in 2025?
Oct 28, 2025
Alyssa (Elisa) Harvey-Dawson, board member and former tech executive and general counsel who has led data and policy work at AppLovin, HubSpot and Netflix. She talks about how AI readiness starts with data. She outlines practical ways to get board alignment, tier data by risk, and fold governance into product teams. She also links improv-style collaboration to building trustworthy AI.
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Career At The Intersection Of Law And Innovation
- Alyssa described her career at innovation-forward companies like Netflix and Sidewalk Labs.
- She framed her role as managing risk to let innovation proceed safely.
Tier Data By Risk
- Classify data into high, medium, and low risk to guide protections and controls.
- Let the data category dictate anonymization, accuracy checks, and transparency measures.
Ask Purpose-Driven Model Questions
- Boards don't need to understand model internals; ask plain questions about purpose and outputs.
- Probe accuracy, bias mitigation, and guardrails tied to harmful outcomes.