How to Build Guardrails That Unlock Automation Freedom at Scale

Most enterprises face the same tension: give people the freedom to automate and you risk losing control; lock everything down and nothing moves. GE Vernova, a global business which helps generate a significant share of the world's electricity, is charting a path through the middle. In this fireside chat, Senior Enterprise Architect Ravi Karnam and Senior GenAI Product Manager Susan Moore share how a large, safety-conscious industrial company is enabling engineers and non-engineers alike to build real automations; all while holding a clear line on governance, risk, and where AI does and doesn't belong. Expect a candid, practical conversation about executive buy-in, guardrails that enable rather than restrict, and the culture change that makes it all stick.

• A practical model for "governed democratisation": how to let many people build without creating chaos or risk.
• How to define your automation "danger zones," and why designing for human review matters when AI is never 100% right.
• Why the most valuable automations often use no AI at all and how to tell the difference.
• What it actually takes to shift behaviour and sustain momentum after the initial excitement fades.