The importance of people and how not to be a mushroom with Cindy Stoddard

Tim M. Crawford

5 months ago

Introduction

This week I’m joined by Cindy Stoddard who is the SVP and Chief Information Officer at Adobe.

We discuss the changes for CIOs in the era of AI along with how the sins of our past will haunt us as we adopt new innovation. Cindy talks to how architecture and technical debt will hold us back in our adoption of AI.

We also talk about the softer side of being a CIO and IT leader. Cindy shares her perspective on work/ life balance and what it means for executives today to be present and without regrets. We talk about what it means to not be a mushroom and the importance of people. Lastly, Cindy shares her advice for the next CIO.