The CIO Lens
Field notes from the rooms where AI strategy meets workforce reality.
Short, specific, written from the inside. No think-pieces, no recycled frameworks.
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- Field notes10 May 20263 min readfrom LinkedIn
Project Management Shifts from Reporting to Insight
Ahead of deadlines, I’ve led projects through messy shifts - tech rollouts, financial turnarounds, you name it. Speed isn’t the problem; old habits are. Reports pile up long after trouble begins. Clarity shows up late…
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- Field notes4 May 20263 min readfrom LinkedIn
The Shift from Data to Tokens: A New Discipline Emerges
Almost forty years ago, I was writing assembler on a Commodore 64.Today, I sit in C-suites debating whether AI agents should be allowed to occupy seats my colleagues once held.The trajectory between those two points is…
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- Field notes22 Mar 20263 min readfrom LinkedIn
The fear around AI nobody is addressing
The conversation nobody wants to have about AIAI is everywhere right now—conferences, boardrooms, family dinners, LinkedIn feeds. And yet, for all the noise, most of these conversations stay remarkably shallow.We talk…
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- Field notes9 Jan 20262 min readfrom LinkedIn
When the speed of decision-making surpasses the capacity of the organizational structure.
AI is not merely an upgrade in capabilities; it serves as a catalyst that reveals whether organizations can make decisions quickly and effectively. The challenge posed by AI lies not in its intelligence, but in its…
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- Field notes28 Dec 20252 min readfrom LinkedIn
Cyber Risk Is a Leadership Decision — Not an IT Outcome
When a cyber incident reaches the board agenda, the root cause is rarely technical.It is almost always a decision that was never made, never owned, or never documented.For years, organizations have treated cybersecurity…
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