MKAI · Working paper

    The Mandate Study

    Published July 2026

    Abstract

    Using public material from 2025 and 2026 across technology firms, banks, consultancies, law firms, retailers, manufacturers, insurers, and asset managers, the paper identifies five recurring mechanisms through which AI engagement becomes structurally expected inside large organisations.

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    Foster-Fletcher, R. (2026). The Mandate Study: How Large Organisations Require, Incentivise, and Formalise AI Engagement. MKAI Working Paper.

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    Record metadata

    Type
    Working paper
    Theme
    Organisational pressure and adoption
    Status
    Published working paper

    Methods

    • Documentary study
    • Public-record corpus
    • Cross-sector comparison

    Keywords

    adoption mandatesworkforce policyAI governance