A private practice · Michael Borck

AI literacy, governance, and data sovereignty for regulated Australian small businesses.

Most AI rollouts fail at the team level. This practice helps law firms, medical practices, accounting firms, and financial advisory practices adopt AI as a collaborator — with governance and data sovereignty by design.

Michael Borck · Lecturer in AI and Cyber Security at Curtin University · author of seven books · creator of the Conversation not Delegation framework, adopted onto the reading list at Kaplan Business School · runs an independent local-AI research lab.

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The Practice
Tier 1 · Foundation
Literacy & collaboration

Workshops and programs grounded in the Conversation-not-Delegation framework. The substantive change comes before any policy is written.

Tier 2 · Governance
Audit & policy

AI use-policy development and a governance audit specific to how a regulated firm actually operates — not a generic template.

Tier 3 · Sovereignty
Data sovereignty & local AI

Advisory and time-boxed local-AI deployment for firms whose clients or regulators expect that sensitive material does not leave the building.

The practice does not undertake enterprise tenders, hourly billing, staff augmentation, or open-ended implementation work. Engagements are fixed-scope and fixed-price.

Latest Writing
23 June 2026
From metered AI to owned infrastructure: the case for regulated Australian practices
Cloud AI is currently subsidised by venture capital. The firms with the most exposure to that subsidy ending — regulated Australian small practices — also have the most reason to consider an alternative.