Artificial intelligence has long since made its way into many companies. In sales, it drafts texts; in IT, it supports processes; and in human resources, companies are exploring where it could make work easier.
What's often still missing isn't the next tool.
It's a position that keeps track of everything.
What AI systems are being used? What risks do they pose? Who is authorized to approve new applications? How is AI expertise demonstrated? And how can individual experiments be turned into a meaningful strategy?
This is exactly where the new AI 360° Coordinator comes in—a joint initiative by K11 Consulting, AVIZO, and launchlabs.
The EU AI Act does not universally mandate the title “AI Officer” as a required role for every company. Nevertheless, the responsibilities associated with this role are very real.
Among other things, companies must ensure that their employees have adequate AI skills. Depending on the system used, there may also be requirements regarding transparency, risk assessment, documentation, human oversight, and internal processes.
This requires clear lines of responsibility.
An AI officer can coordinate these tasks and serve as a liaison between senior management, IT, data protection, information security, and business units. He maintains an AI inventory, assists with the classification of systems, organizes training sessions, and monitors new regulatory developments.
Or, to put it less solemnly: It ensures that AI isn't responsible for everything and nothing at the same time.
Many companies initially view AI from a single perspective.
All of these questions are valid. However, taken separately, they do not yet add up to good AI governance.
The AI 360° approach therefore combines four areas:
K11 provides support with classification under the EU AI Act, creating an AI inventory, risk classifications, and training, documentation, and compliance requirements.
Individual requirements are transformed into a functioning management system: one with roles, policies, approval processes, and structures that can be based on standards such as ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
AI transformation is also a leadership challenge. Companies must decide where to deploy AI, which risks are acceptable, and how to guide employees through this transition. AVIZO brings this perspective to the network.
Compliance addresses the question of what is permitted and can be managed within the organization. It does not, however, address which applications are economically viable. That is why launchlabs provides support in developing, prioritizing, and testing specific AI use cases.
This way, you don’t end up with yet another policy folder that looks very neat but is rarely opened. It creates a path from regulatory requirements to actual impact.
The value of such collaboration does not lie in bringing together as many disciplines as possible. It lies in connecting them with one another.
The collaborative process begins with an honest assessment: Where is AI already being used—officially, in pilot projects, or quietly and discreetly in individual browser tabs?
This is followed by the classification of the systems, the assessment of potential risks, and the assignment of responsibilities. Guidelines, approval processes, training, and documentation can then be developed.
During ongoing operations, it is important to monitor new tools, changes in purpose, and regulatory developments. At the same time, organizations should regularly assess which applications actually add value.
For customers, this means:
Not every company needs the full 360° approach right away. But every company should know where it stands and what the next logical step is.
An AI officer can be appointed internally or brought in from outside the organization.
An external solution is particularly useful when there is no suitable internal role available, resources are lacking, or different areas of expertise need to be brought together. This gives companies faster access to proven structures, guidelines, and training formats.
This does not shift the company's responsibility elsewhere. Management remains responsible for the organization and use of AI.
But it’s easier to fulfill one’s responsibilities when someone consolidates information, prepares decisions, and ensures that good intentions are turned into robust processes.
Within the AI-360° network, K11 focuses on AI regulation and AI frameworks.
This includes the classification of AI systems under the EU AI Act, the establishment of governance structures, AI guidelines, proof of competence, and preparation for management systems such as ISO/IEC 42001.
In collaboration with AVIZO and launchlabs, this perspective is expanded to include leadership, strategy, innovation, and the development of specific use cases.
Three companies, four disciplines, and one shared mission: not only to ensure the safety of AI, but also to shape it in a meaningful way.
The EU AI Act makes AI governance a concrete corporate responsibility. However, compliance alone is not enough if AI is to be used in a way that makes economic sense.
The AI 360° Officer therefore combines safeguarding, empowerment, and shaping.
Companies gain a designated point of contact, a structured process, and access to a variety of expert perspectives—without having to start a new project every time a new question arises.
Because AI needs rules.
But it also needs leadership, good ideas, and people who can turn them into something useful.