It's Renaissance Risks Losing Steam
CIO, Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025
CIOs must re-energize staff and stakeholders to the creative potential of IT. Only by recapturing hearts and minds can we re-instill the joy and curiosity that moves innovation forward.
There is so much going on in the world right now that it's little wonder that not much attention is being paid to IT.
From climatic perturbations, to daily acts of violence, to heightened geopolitical tensions, infrastructure breakdowns, and unpredictable public policy pronouncements, IT - with the exception of AI - is largely off the radar of most people's larger discussions of the day. This is a dangerous proposition as we sit at a momentous technology inflection point - Le moment de verite (moment of truth) in the words of outgoing French Prime Minister Francois Bayou.