For chief information officers
You own the decision, and there is nobody inside the building who can tell you it is wrong.
The CIO seat is structurally lonely. Your peers report to you, your executive colleagues do not share your constraints, and your board wants certainty you cannot honestly give. The people who have made your decision before do not work at your company.
01Decisions
What CIOs bring to a table
Three that come up repeatedly. Yours does not have to be on this list — it has to be undecided.
- Consolidating systems after an acquisition, when the business case keeps failing on payback
- Deciding which AI work to fund, gate or stop, before the board asks for a number
- Rebuilding a platform team after the three people who knew the system left
02The room
Who you sit with
Format
Founders' Table
Sitting CIOs at organisations of comparable scale, plus a former-CIO host who keeps time.
Cap
Eight seats
Never nine. No direct competitors, and never two people from the same company.
Bring the decision you are carrying.
One paragraph. A person reads it within two business days.