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Perspectives for technology leaders
Essays and perspectives from The Executive Initiative® on leadership, the summits, and the practice of running technology at the highest level.
Executive Initiative
The Founders as Systems Thinkers
The founders did not build parts. They built systems, and they built them the way a modern architect builds a...
Leadership Perspective
The Institutions of the Technical Revolution
Institutions fade into the background, but the structures are where the leverage lives. The five institutions Franklin built in Philadelphia...
Leadership Perspective
The Journey to Philadelphia: A Reflection for the Fourth of July
In the summer of 1776, delegates traveled for weeks, over rough roads and into real danger, to reach Philadelphia. A...
Leadership Perspective
Philadelphia: The Capital of a Technical Revolution
The founders were leaders and technologists. They were also Philadelphians. A look at the city that became the working capital...
Leadership Perspective
The Founding Fathers Were Technologists After All
Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, and Rittenhouse were the working technologists of the founding era. Today’s CIO and CISO stand in a...
Leadership Perspective
From Independence Hall to the C-Suite
The CIO Initiative®: The Executive Initiative® Leadership From Independence Hallto the C-Suite A Reflection on Leadership in a Time of...
CIO Initiative
Announcing the Philadelphia CIO Initiative Summit 2026
The CIO Initiative®: The Executive Initiative® Summit Announcement The CIO Initiative® SummitPhiladelphia, 2026 September 23 and 24, 2026 The Notary...
Parliament News
Announcing Parliament
Parliament™: The Executive Initiative® Announcement The Executive Initiative® Announces Parliament™ An invitation-only annual subscription program for C-level technology executives, bringing...
Industry Insights
Centralized vs. Distributed IT: Finding the Right Balance
Understanding the Structure, Risks, and Opportunities of Modern IT Operating Models Introduction As IT Executives rethink how to structure their...
Industry Insights
Your Org Chart Is a Museum of Compromise
Technical debt gets all the attention, but it’s organizational debt—outdated roles, unclear ownership, and structural compromises—that quietly undermines transformation. In...
CIO Initiative
AI Is Redefining the CIO’s Role — Starting with the C-Suite
As AI reshapes how businesses operate, CIOs are finding themselves at the center of a new kind of leadership. No...
Leadership Perspective
Stop Guessing: Why Effective Leaders Manage by Fact
High-performing leaders don’t manage by gut instinct—they manage by fact. Whether it’s tracking team productivity, project delays, or the impact...