Insights · The Digital Edge
The gap between technology activity and measurable value.
Every piece asks the same practical questions: what problem are we solving, what capability are we creating, what must change operationally, how will we measure it, and what should we accelerate, redesign, pause, or stop?
Three themes
Technology Value
Investment decisions, value realization, prioritization, operational efficiency, and institutional performance.
AI in the Real World
Agentic workflows, workflow selection and redesign, governance, human oversight, and moving from pilots to measurable outcomes.
Public-Sector Innovation
Government technology needs, procurement realities, adoption, and how technology companies can better understand government customers.
From the archive
- How Should CIOs Respond to Today's Economic Uncertainties?
- DevSecOps for CIOs: A Practical Playbook for Secure, Scalable Innovation
- Top Digital Transformation Challenges & How to Overcome Them
- Mastering Cloud Transformation: A Strategic Playbook for Technology Executives
- DeepSeek-R1: 5 Must-Know Insights for Technology Executives
- What is GovTech and Why is it Important?
- What Skills Are Essential for Financial Technology Leadership?
In development
Proposed essay concepts, not yet published.
- Choose workflows, not use cases: a practical test for AI investment
- What to stop: the most underused decision in technology portfolios
- What government technology leaders wish vendors understood
Technology leadership
The RockStar IT Leader Handbook
For the leadership and career side of the work: building credibility, communicating value, and leading teams.
The Digital Edge
Practical thinking on technology, value, and AI that has to work.
Field-tested perspective for technology and business leaders: how to choose investments, move AI past the pilot, and measure what technology actually changes. No hype.
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