Designing the Meaning Infrastructure: Governing Interpretation in AI-Driven Institutions

The real system you govern is how your organisation interprets reality. In modern organisations, interpretation is built into systems—dashboards, models, and algorithms. These structures determine what is seen, valued, and acted on. This paper defines that layer as Meaning Infrastructure and shows why governing it is central to maintaining alignment. As AI expands, managing interpretation becomes the core task of governance. About the Coherence ProgrammeThe Coherence Programme studies why institutions drift despite appearing aligned. It shows that decisions are made not on intent itself, but on how intent is translated into criteria, metrics, and allocation rules. Using the Operating Spine, the programme…