Leadership
Strategy, Digital Transformation & Executive Insights for IT Leaders

Eli Potter argues enterprise AI needs its own checks and balances, borrowing separation of powers, red-teaming, and federalism from the U.S. Constitution.

AI can do the work. The harder question for CIOs in 2026 is whether it can do it economically. Todd Mazza on token costs, AI FinOps, and the case for a "token P&L."

Talking to the CFO about AI takes two answers, not one. Motti Finkelstein on separating AI value from cost, and the vocabulary that keeps programs funded.

Jeff Brzycki, former CIO at Autodesk and VeriSign, on why the integration and control layer that IT has long owned by default is becoming the strategic foundation of the agentic enterprise.

Christoph Wargitsch, CEO of Wargitsch Transformation Engineers, on why the boundaries between business and IT exist on paper but collapse in practice.

Julia Sears, CDTO at Altus Power, on how replacing AI mandates with peer-led experimentation and practitioner-driven proof build organic adoption across the organization.

Dr. Ken Knapton, CIO at WIN Brands, on how structured friction, tech debt triage, and a 22-minute neuroscience rule shape his approach to conflict management.

Dr. Ken Knapton, CIO at WIN Brands, on how structured friction, tech debt triage, and a 22-minute neuroscience rule shape his approach to conflict management.

Vince Fattore, CIO of RoadSafe Traffic Systems, on succeeding with AI through talent development and redesigned operations.

There's no standard pipeline for developing CIOs. Stuart Evans explains why seasoned leaders and AI-native technologists need each other, and what CIO development should look like moving forward.

In an interview with CIO News, Todd Paladini discussed the role of data and AI in the restaurant industry, the importance of platforms, and why technology leaders need to get out of the "IT box".

Matteo Ganzaroli, former VP of IT at Comet, on why digital transformation succeeds only when business objectives lead and IT works to enable them.

George Alexandrou, Enterprise Technology Strategist at Bridgepointe Technologies, explained why today's CIO is better positioned than ever to become tomorrow's CEO.

AI agents learn from your people's behaviors, not just their data. Eli Potter explains why human role modelship is now a hard input to AI strategy & how CIOs can use culture to compound AI's strength.

Rob Zelinka, CISO at Sharetec, explained how modern CIOs earn boardroom influence by mastering business fluency, financial acumen, and executive coalition-building.

Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer, NATO's inaugural CIO, on why business acumen and strategic communication have replaced technical mastery as the defining traits of technology leadership.

