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401- Tore Out the MSSP and Built an AI SOC w/Brian Rowe

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2026/03/04

Brian Rowe got hired to build security at a 100+ year old manufacturing company. Then he discovered the real problem: you can't bolt security onto IT that's still running like a mom-and-pop shop.

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401- Tore Out the MSSP and Built an AI SOC w/Brian Rowe

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2026/03/04

Brian Rowe got hired to build security at a 100+ year old manufacturing company. Then he discovered the real problem: you can't bolt security onto IT that's still running like a mom-and-pop shop.

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00:29:43

400- The Intern Who Saved $190K w/David Williams

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2026/03/03

David Williams spent years thinking his CIO title made him a leader. Then he learned the difference between managing and leading: 'The title that you have does not make you a leader. It can make you a manager.'

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00:29:43

400- The Intern Who Saved $190K w/David Williams

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2026/03/03

David Williams spent years thinking his CIO title made him a leader. Then he learned the difference between managing and leading: 'The title that you have does not make you a leader. It can make you a manager.'

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00:34:58

399- The Department of Let's Find Out w/Bryan Shanafelt

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2026/02/26

Bryan Shanafelt manages IT across 8 offices with just 4 people. Then he learned the secret to building teams that solve impossible problems: hire for personality, not just skills.

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399- The Department of Let's Find Out w/Bryan Shanafelt

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2026/02/26

Bryan Shanafelt manages IT across 8 offices with just 4 people. Then he learned the secret to building teams that solve impossible problems: hire for personality, not just skills.

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00:33:17

398- The CIO Who Consolidated 14 ERPs Into One...

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2026/02/24

Craig Gehrke consolidated 14 ERPs into one and won the 2025 ORBIE Award. Then he learned the secret to getting IT heard: 'Move their cheese occasionally.'

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398- The CIO Who Consolidated 14 ERPs Into One...

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2026/02/24

Craig Gehrke consolidated 14 ERPs into one and won the 2025 ORBIE Award. Then he learned the secret to getting IT heard: 'Move their cheese occasionally.'

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00:51:17

397- Six Times Private Equity IT Playbook w/Bradley...

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2026/02/19

Bradley Stokes has done six private equity turnarounds using the same five-step IT playbook. His secret: stop being the department that keeps the lights on and become the business partner that drives value creation.

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397- Six Times Private Equity IT Playbook w/Bradley...

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2026/02/19

Bradley Stokes has done six private equity turnarounds using the same five-step IT playbook. His secret: stop being the department that keeps the lights on and become the business partner that drives value creation.

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00:38:41

396- Building IT From Scratch in a PE-Backed Startup...

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2026/02/17

Dana Kline built an IT team from 1 to 11 at a PE-backed energy company. Then he created a vendor scorecard so tough that an Oracle VP said 'nobody ever measures us like this.'

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396- Building IT From Scratch in a PE-Backed Startup...

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2026/02/17

Dana Kline built an IT team from 1 to 11 at a PE-backed energy company. Then he created a vendor scorecard so tough that an Oracle VP said 'nobody ever measures us like this.'

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00:30:42

395- When AI Makes Healthcare Mistakes Lives Are Lost...

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2026/02/12

Sandeep Shenoy has spent seventeen years integrating AI into medical devices at Viant Medical. He's not anti-AI. He builds it every day. But he's watched the industry rush to deploy systems trained on data sets that were never designed to be fair.The problem isn't the technology. It's the history baked into the data. "When AI makes a mistake in finance, you lose money. When it makes a mistake in healthcare, you could lose a life." Early fitness trackers failed to read female

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395- When AI Makes Healthcare Mistakes Lives Are Lost...

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2026/02/12

Sandeep Shenoy has spent seventeen years integrating AI into medical devices at Viant Medical. He's not anti-AI. He builds it every day. But he's watched the industry rush to deploy systems trained on data sets that were never designed to be fair.The problem isn't the technology. It's the history baked into the data. "When AI makes a mistake in finance, you lose money. When it makes a mistake in healthcare, you could lose a life." Early fitness trackers failed to read female

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00:59:17

394- The Three Things That Make IT Leaders Heard...

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2026/02/10

Shane Petty works in midstream oil and gas where margins are tight and every dollar counts. He inherited a 30-year-old ERP that only twelve people in the country could support. Leadership thought SAP was running the show. Reality? One guy with an Excel spreadsheet was keeping everything alive."If I don't have that opportunity to speak into those things, well, then I'm just a robot, making sure that people are getting their monthly cybersecurity training," Shane says about

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00:59:17

394- The Three Things That Make IT Leaders Heard...

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2026/02/10

Shane Petty works in midstream oil and gas where margins are tight and every dollar counts. He inherited a 30-year-old ERP that only twelve people in the country could support. Leadership thought SAP was running the show. Reality? One guy with an Excel spreadsheet was keeping everything alive."If I don't have that opportunity to speak into those things, well, then I'm just a robot, making sure that people are getting their monthly cybersecurity training," Shane says about

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00:39:51

393- From Surgeon to IT Without Shortcuts w/Dr....

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2026/02/05

Dr. Sergio Sanchez has sat in seats most IT leaders never will. Operating rooms. Gaming studios shipping Call of Duty. Apple's Genius Bar. Catholic Church administration with 72-year-old nuns who never touched computers.His diagnosis? IT speaks a language nobody else understands. "We assume that everybody has the same knowledge that we do," he says. Meanwhile, users with AOL accounts become prime targets for scams.We get into why cybersecurity is a communication problem, not a

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393- From Surgeon to IT Without Shortcuts w/Dr....

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2026/02/05

Dr. Sergio Sanchez has sat in seats most IT leaders never will. Operating rooms. Gaming studios shipping Call of Duty. Apple's Genius Bar. Catholic Church administration with 72-year-old nuns who never touched computers.His diagnosis? IT speaks a language nobody else understands. "We assume that everybody has the same knowledge that we do," he says. Meanwhile, users with AOL accounts become prime targets for scams.We get into why cybersecurity is a communication problem, not a

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00:55:49

392- Why Technical Skills Won't Get You Promoted...

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2026/02/03

Ken Widner has a psychology degree, not a computer science one. That's not a footnote. It's the whole story. He was supposed to do marriage counseling. Instead, he became CIO at Do It Best, running IT for 9,000+ retail locations while integrating True Value out of bankruptcy.His insight? IT leaders fail because they lead with logic instead of emotion. "Nobody cares if the system is up, if it's horrible to interact with," Ken says. While most CIOs show up to meetings with uptime

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391- Become A Pleasantly Persistent Piranha z/Devon...

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2026/01/27

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