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  1. "The most important system in many organizations is often the oldest one."
    Modernization isn't a race to turn off legacy technology.
    It's a process that requires:
    • Stability
    • Security
    • Documentation
    • Knowledge transfer
    • Risk management
    The organizations that modernize successfully understand that maintaining critical systems is part of the transformation journey.
    #BusinessModernization #LegacySystems #DigitalTransformation #ITLeadership
    📖 Learn more in meraksystems.com/blog/2026/06/

  2. My friend Jeff Olsen wrote a really good piece on status updates, and it's been rattling around my head all week. His point is that "on track" describes a conversation, not a state. The words sound like progress. They can hide a month of sitting in someone else's queue.

    I've worked with Jeff, and this is exactly how he thinks. He's always pushing to make himself and the people around him better. This post is a great example of that.

    The line that got me: four weeks on the calendar, thirty minutes of actual work. The rest was waiting. And nobody could see it because "almost done" sounded fine.

    A few things worth borrowing:

    - When someone says they're blocked, ask what would unblock it. Then ask who owns the next move. Two questions turn a vague update into something you can act on.

    - "Access takes a week" stops being a question and starts being an assumption. Once a wait has a shape, you can count how often it shows up. One slow approval is annoying. The same one twelve times a year has a price tag.

    - Keep it curious. Point the question at a person, and it becomes an accusation. Point it at the work, and people tell you the truth.

    If you run projects or sit in status meetings, give this one ten minutes.

    jeffols.substack.com/p/on-trac

    #Leadership #ProjectManagement #ITLeadership

  3. My friend Jeff Olsen wrote a really good piece on status updates, and it's been rattling around my head all week. His point is that "on track" describes a conversation, not a state. The words sound like progress. They can hide a month of sitting in someone else's queue.

    I've worked with Jeff, and this is exactly how he thinks. He's always pushing to make himself and the people around him better. This post is a great example of that.

    The line that got me: four weeks on the calendar, thirty minutes of actual work. The rest was waiting. And nobody could see it because "almost done" sounded fine.

    A few things worth borrowing:

    - When someone says they're blocked, ask what would unblock it. Then ask who owns the next move. Two questions turn a vague update into something you can act on.

    - "Access takes a week" stops being a question and starts being an assumption. Once a wait has a shape, you can count how often it shows up. One slow approval is annoying. The same one twelve times a year has a price tag.

    - Keep it curious. Point the question at a person, and it becomes an accusation. Point it at the work, and people tell you the truth.

    If you run projects or sit in status meetings, give this one ten minutes.

    jeffols.substack.com/p/on-trac

    #Leadership #ProjectManagement #ITLeadership

  4. Shadow AI: The Risk Quietly Undermining Your Competitive Edge

    Employees are already using AI with or without your approval. Learn why blocking Shadow AI fails and how to build a practical governance strategy that works.

    jseggers.com/technology/shadow

  5. Shadow AI: The Risk Quietly Undermining Your Competitive Edge

    Employees are already using AI with or without your approval. Learn why blocking Shadow AI fails and how to build a practical governance strategy that works.

    jseggers.com/technology/shadow

  6. TechnologyTrends @technologytrends60.wordpress.com@technologytrends60.wordpress.com ·

    Business–IT Convergence Is Not a Strategy. It Is a Discipline.

    Alignment is not meetings. It is shared decisions. #BusinessITConvergence #Leadership #CIO #DigitalTransformation #ITStrategy #BusinessStrategy #ExecutiveLeadership #TechnologyLeadership #EnterpriseIT #OrganisationalDesign

    technologytrends60.wordpress.c

  7. TechnologyTrends @technologytrends60.wordpress.com@technologytrends60.wordpress.com ·

    Business–IT Convergence Is Not a Strategy. It Is a Discipline.

    Alignment is not meetings. It is shared decisions. #BusinessITConvergence #Leadership #CIO #DigitalTransformation #ITStrategy #BusinessStrategy #ExecutiveLeadership #TechnologyLeadership #EnterpriseIT #OrganisationalDesign

    technologytrends60.wordpress.c

  8. TechnologyTrends @technologytrends60.wordpress.com@technologytrends60.wordpress.com ·

    Leadership Sabbaticals: Why the Best CIOs Step Away to Stay Ahead.

    The best CIOs do not disappear during sabbaticals. They return more valuable. #Leadership #CIO #TechnologyLeadership #DigitalTransformation #ExecutiveLeadership #AI #FutureOfWork #BoardLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #BusinessTransformation #Innovation #DigitalStrategy #EnterpriseLeadership #CIOLeadership #StrategicLeadership

    technologytrends60.wordpress.c

  9. TechnologyTrends @technologytrends60.wordpress.com@technologytrends60.wordpress.com ·

    Leadership Sabbaticals: Why the Best CIOs Step Away to Stay Ahead.

    The best CIOs do not disappear during sabbaticals. They return more valuable. #Leadership #CIO #TechnologyLeadership #DigitalTransformation #ExecutiveLeadership #AI #FutureOfWork #BoardLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #BusinessTransformation #Innovation #DigitalStrategy #EnterpriseLeadership #CIOLeadership #StrategicLeadership

    technologytrends60.wordpress.c

  10. Most technology leaders cannot answer four basic questions about their organization's data. Where is it? Who owns it? Who has access to it? What would it cost to leave?

    That isn't a knowledge gap. It's a leadership gap. And in an environment where data lives in someone else's data center, on someone else's hardware, and trains someone else's models, it's no longer defensible.

    New series starts here.

    open.substack.com/pub/sargentj

    #DataSovereignty #ITLeadership #AI #CloudComputing #SaaS

  11. Most technology leaders cannot answer four basic questions about their organization's data. Where is it? Who owns it? Who has access to it? What would it cost to leave?

    That isn't a knowledge gap. It's a leadership gap. And in an environment where data lives in someone else's data center, on someone else's hardware, and trains someone else's models, it's no longer defensible.

    New series starts here.

    open.substack.com/pub/sargentj

    #DataSovereignty #ITLeadership #AI #CloudComputing #SaaS

  12. TechnologyTrends @technologytrends60.wordpress.com@technologytrends60.wordpress.com ·

    Prioritizing Transformation.

    Transformation succeeds when leaders stop chasing every good idea at once. #Leadership #DigitalTransformation #CIO #BusinessTransformation #TechnologyLeadership #EnterpriseTransformation #ExecutiveLeadership #OperationalExcellence

    technologytrends60.wordpress.c

  13. TechnologyTrends @technologytrends60.wordpress.com@technologytrends60.wordpress.com ·

    Prioritizing Transformation.

    Transformation succeeds when leaders stop chasing every good idea at once. #Leadership #DigitalTransformation #CIO #BusinessTransformation #TechnologyLeadership #EnterpriseTransformation #ExecutiveLeadership #OperationalExcellence

    technologytrends60.wordpress.c

  14. In der IT wird oft über Technologien gestritten, obwohl das eigentliche Problem woanders liegt.

    Die entscheidende Frage:
    Was ist der Kern Deiner Lösung - und was ist nur eine Eigenschaft?

    Wer das verwechselt, optimiert an der falschen Stelle.
    Gerade im regulierten Umfeld kann das teuer werden.

    #ITLeadership #DigitalTransformation #DataGovernance
    youtube.com/shorts/4NEtdDFAPVM

  15. In der IT wird oft über Technologien gestritten, obwohl das eigentliche Problem woanders liegt.

    Die entscheidende Frage:
    Was ist der Kern Deiner Lösung - und was ist nur eine Eigenschaft?

    Wer das verwechselt, optimiert an der falschen Stelle.
    Gerade im regulierten Umfeld kann das teuer werden.

    #ITLeadership #DigitalTransformation #DataGovernance
    youtube.com/shorts/4NEtdDFAPVM

  16. Self Service Analytics lässt sich nicht vollständig kontrollieren.

    Wer es trotzdem versucht, wird schnell zum Bottleneck für das Business.

    Der entscheidende Shift liegt im Mindset:
    Nicht maximale Kontrolle, sondern bewusst gesetzte Leitplanken mit Mut zur Lücke.

    So entsteht echte Agilität.

    #DataGovernance #ITLeadership #DigitalTransformation
    youtube.com/shorts/9VIWitasRQE

  17. Einer der häufigsten Fehler in regulierten Projekten:
    Alle verwenden dieselben Begriffe, aber verstehen Unterschiedliches.

    Gerade bei QM, SAP, SOP, RFC oder Change Control entstehen dadurch Missverständnisse mit echten Compliance-Risiken.

    Führung bedeutet hier vor allem: Begriffe klären, bevor Projekte starten.

    #lifescience #GxP #ITLeadership
    youtube.com/shorts/JgahGzziGro

  18. Digitalisierung ist kein Selbstzweck.

    Wenn ein ineffizienter Prozess digitalisiert wird, bleibt er ineffizient - nur digital. Genau deshalb braucht echte Transformation ein anderes Mindset.

    Nicht überall Digitalisierung einsetzen, sondern bewusst dort, wo sie wirklich Wirkung entfaltet.

    Technologie ist selten das Problem. Denken schon eher.

    #DigitalMindset #DigitaleTransformation #ITLeadership
    youtube.com/shorts/KQJXQgvpLBY

  19. Viele Tools aus der Developer-Welt sind technisch brillant.

    Git, Pull Requests oder CLI-basierte Workflows funktionieren hervorragend - für Entwickler.

    Für Organisationen, Fachbereiche oder regulierte Industrien entsteht jedoch schnell eine Barriere.

    Die eigentliche Herausforderung ist nicht das Tool.

    Es ist die Integration in klare, automatisierte Prozesse.

    #ITLeadership #DevOps #DigitalTransformation
    youtube.com/shorts/Z-1A-5-sdIQ

  20. "Security ist everybody's Job" gehört zu den beliebtesten Sätzen in der Cybersecurity.

    Das Problem: Er verschiebt Verantwortung.

    Mitarbeitende sollen arbeiten können - nicht bei jedem Klick über Sicherheitsfolgen nachdenken müssen.

    Der Auftrag von IT und Security ist es, Systeme zu bauen, die Sicherheit im Hintergrund gewährleisten.

    #Cybersecurity #ITLeadership #SecureByDesign
    youtube.com/shorts/Vz5qfkOW1c4

  21. Dashboards alone do not create insight. Teams move faster when data is curated, contextual, and automated into decisions.

    #DataAnalytics #Automation #ITLeadership #DecisionMaking #MSP

  22. Dashboards alone do not create insight. Teams move faster when data is curated, contextual, and automated into decisions.

    #DataAnalytics #Automation #ITLeadership #DecisionMaking #MSP

  23. Different teams need different AI access, budgets, and guardrails. Remova lets companies manage usage at the department level so IT can support adoption without giving up control.

    #AIOperations #EnterpriseAI #ITLeadership #Remova

    www.remova.org

  24. Führung in regulierten Umfeldern bedeutet nicht, möglichst viele Aufgaben zu jonglieren.

    Ich habe meine tägliche Liste radikal auf fünf priorisierte Punkte begrenzt.

    Das zwingt zu klaren Entscheidungen - und steigert die Wirksamkeit deutlich.

    Wie viele echte Prioritäten hat Dein Tag?

    #ITLeadership #Priorisierung #Lifescience
    youtube.com/shorts/O04xH--d8yI

  25. IT-leiders, wakker worden! 🚀 AI-consolidatie is de strategische wake-up call die je niet mag missen. Bereid je voor op de toekomst! #AI #ITLeadership 
    itinsights.nl/het-laatste-it-n