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Leadership
Three months down, seven to go! Just completed my third month of the North Carolina Certified Government Chief Information Officer (CGCIO) program at the UNC School of Government. This month's focus was IT governance, strategy, artificial intelligence, and personal leadership. And one theme kept coming back throughout...
Leadership
One of the themes that continues to stand out to me through the NC CGCIO program is how much the role of technology leadership has changed. Being an IT leader today isn’t just about keeping the network up, protecting systems, replacing hardware, or implementing the next piece of technology. Those things still matter...
Leadership
This month continued to challenge how I think about technology leadership. One idea in particular stuck with me: technology should not be the starting point of the conversation. The mission should be. As IT leaders, it is easy to talk about infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud platforms, applications, integrations, and...
Technology
One lesson from my CGCIO journey has made me rethink what it means to call a technology project “complete.” Installed is not the same as implemented. I've seen this cycle more than once in IT. A request comes in for a new system, service, or integration. IT gets to work. We build the infrastructure, configure...
Leadership
The higher you climb in IT, the more human the job becomes. That's one of the concepts I've been reflecting on since beginning the CGCIO program. Early in an IT career, we tend to measure ourselves by technical ability. Can I fix it? Can I build it? Can I secure it? Can I keep it running? Those skills don't become less...
Leadership
First CGCIO class is officially in the books. I went into the UNC School of Government’s Certified Government Chief Information Officer program expecting to learn. What I did not fully appreciate was how valuable the conversations outside of the material would be. Over the first two days, we explored leadership, the...
