Escalation Governance

Executive summary

Define automatic escalation rules for override spikes, token spend, confidence failures, and risk thresholds. This advanced practitioner guide places that work inside Governance Architecture. It helps leaders turn a broad concern into a specific operating decision without treating the topic as a stand-alone transformation. Use the detailed model below to clarify the current state, make trade-offs visible, and assign ownership for the next move. Apply it when risk, spend, override, or confidence conditions are known but escalation still depends on someone noticing. The practical result is an escalation rule with trigger, recipient, response time, authority, and closure evidence. Keep that output connected to adjacent layers so upstream constraints remain visible and downstream execution can show whether the design is working.