Our Approach and DcGn®

Making human oversight practical

Effective oversight requires people to understand what they are reviewing, recognise uncertainty and have the authority to act.

Our approach brings together evidence review, practical scenarios and structured ethical reasoning to examine how those responsibilities work in a specific AI use case.

How We Work

Understand the context

We establish what the AI system is used for, which decisions it influences and who may be affected. We agree the scope and review questions with your team.

Examine the evidence

We review relevant materials and discuss how the workflow operates in practice. We distinguish documented procedures from reported practices and identify information that is missing.

Explore difficult situations

We consider what happens when an output is incorrect, important context is missing or a reviewer disagrees. These scenarios help reveal whether people can meaningfully question, override or escalate an AI-assisted decision.

Record findings and next steps

We connect our findings to the evidence available, explain uncertainties and recommend practical improvements. Responsibility for organisational decisions remains with your team.

Where DcGn® Contributes

DcGn® is Blooming & Bloom’s developing moral and ethical reasoning framework.

It is designed to help people examine decisions where values, uncertainty and consequences require careful consideration.

Within our approach, it provides a structure for exploring:

Stakeholders: Who is affected, and whose perspective may be missing?
Assumptions: What is being accepted without sufficient examination?
Competing values: Where do responsibilities, interests or ethical considerations conflict?
Alternatives: What other actions are possible, including pausing or seeking further evidence?
Reasoning: How can the final human judgment and its limitations be recorded?

DcGn® supports a process of inquiry. It does not establish a single morally correct answer or replace professional judgment.

Research & Development Collaboration

We welcome conversations with prospective pilot organisations, independent researchers, technical collaborators and funding partners.

Our aim is to establish where DcGn® provides practical value and use that evidence to guide its further development.