---
id: "action-run-enc-pilot"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["§ Implementing the Framework", "¶1"]
source_url: "https://hbr.org/2026/05/what-are-your-companys-ai-nightmares"
source_title: "What Are Your Company's AI Nightmares?"
tags: ["agile", "pilot-programs"]
related: ["framework-enc-questions"]
action: "Pilot the Ethical Nightmare Challenge framework in 6-to-10 weeks, executing mitigation during the pilot."
outcome: "Rapid deployment of AI risk guardrails that keep pace with AI development cycles."
speakers: ["Reid Blackman"]
sources: ["governance"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-governance"
originDay: 7
articleStem: "hbr-cl-82-ai-nightmares"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/05/what-are-your-companys-ai-nightmares"
sourceTitle: "What Are Your Company’s AI Nightmares?"
---
# Pilot the ENC framework rapidly (6-10 weeks)

**Action:** Do **not** wait for a year-long design phase. Deploy [[framework-enc-questions]] in a rapid pilot lasting **6 to 10 weeks**, ensuring that actual nightmare avoidance — *resource building* (Question 2) and *training* (Question 3) — happens **during** the pilot, not after it.

**Expected outcome:** Rapid deployment of AI risk guardrails that keep pace with AI development cycles — the direct antidote to [[claim-standard-rai-too-slow]] and [[concept-agentic-ai-governance-gap]].

**Enrichment note:** The exact **6-10 week** window comes from Blackman's *spoken* descriptions of real deployments (e.g., the DataCamp podcast), where he emphasizes rapid implementation over year-long design. It is a practical guideline from his consulting practice, not a formally studied parameter — present it as a target, not a rule. What the pilot's "resources" concretely produce is an open question: [[question-resource-building-mechanics]].