Last year, I shared the CIO Playbook for 2021. The general focus was an effort to move from reactive to proactive. Much of the 2021’s effort was finding stability in the next normal. In 2022, many are still trying to find their footing…
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Preparing IT for the Great Reconciliation
The pandemic threw a monkey wrench into many things including how we spend money. As IT leaders move through 2021 and consider the post-pandemic next normal, there is a great reconciliation coming that IT needs to prepare for. As I mentioned in…
Revisionist History or Future: A lesson for business executives
Revisionist History Future: Writing history before it happens Some may read the title and question how this applies to business executives? It does. This post is not meant to be political and take sides, but to raise the awareness of a path…
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Eight reasons why enterprises move workloads from public cloud back on-premises
There is a lot of confusion and misinformation as to why enterprises would move an application or workload from public cloud back to their corporate data center. Enterprises are moving applications to…and from public cloud. Unlike the perception, repatriation is…
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The cost of awesome – Turning CHAOS into Order with Mitch Davis
This week I’m joined by Mitch Davis, who is the Chief Information Officer at Dartmouth College. In this episode, Mitch talks about how IT really manages chaos and how it ultimately turns CHAOS into Order. He goes further by discussing…
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Generating IT value by solving business problems with Mark Settle
This week I’m joined by Mark Settle who is the Chief Information Officer for Okta. Mark has served as CIO for a number of companies prior to his role at Okta including IHS, BMC, Corporate Express, Arrow and Oxy. Mark…
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What got you here is not going to get you there with Sheila Jordan
This week I’m joined by Sheila Jordan who is the Chief Information Officer for Symantec and author of the book “You are NOT ruining your kids.” During our conversation, we discuss the CIO role and how the outcomes are the…
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Running IT as a customer-focused organization with Jonathan Feldman
In this episode, I’m joined by CIO Jonathan Feldman. Jonathan is the Chief Information Officer for the City of Asheville, North Carolina. One of Jonathan’s core beliefs is that you can’t run IT without being a customer-focused organization. Civic organizations…
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What it means to be a transformational leader with Jay Ferro
In this episode, I’m joined by CIO Jay Ferro. Jay serves as the Chief Information Officer for Quikrete and previously served as CIO for a number of other companies including Earthlink, American Cancer Society and AIG. The transformational CIO is…
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How a CIO Builds a Culture of Innovation with Jag Randhawa
In this episode, I’m joined by CIO and author Jag Randhawa. Jag currently serves as the Vice President of Information Technology and E-Commerce at CAMICO Mutual Insurance. Jag is also the author of the book “The Bright Idea Box”. Innovation…
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