Behind the Firewall: Notes of a Punk CIO
Where chaos meets clarity in the world of IT.
Category: 🔍 No magic, just method
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In 2025, digital no longer supports the business—it is the business. Whether you’re in finance, retail, logistics, or law, you’re not an industry player using technology.
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Ever noticed how a project scoped for 3 months takes 3 months — and a 6-month version of the same project also magically takes 6? That’s not coincidence — that’s physics :D.
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My colleague and friend one of these days had a comment that enlightened me: actually not having energy to pre-align, probably eventually took us to a better outcome. Pre-alignments often exist to avoid being “wrong in public.” Or to oppose anyone in public.  But that’s exactly what great teams embrace: debate, disagree and learn. When we…
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Every organization has two org charts: there’s the formal one — you know, the boxes and lines in HR systems that show who reports to whom. And then there’s the real one — the informal, dynamic web of people who talk, collaborate, solve, share, and get things done.
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If your people are bypassing IT, they’re telling you something. Listen before you lock them down. Shadow IT is a signal, not sabotage. People bypass central IT when your processes are too slow, your tools are irrelevant, or your governance makes “yes” feel impossible.
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No matter how shiny your tools, how agile your methodology, or how clever your strategy — if your team pyramid is broken, your operating model is unsustainable. It’s the quiet killer of productivity, culture, and cost-efficiency.
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GenAI: the hottest seat in the room I sit in another meeting, watching the usual GenAI hysteria unleash: the business leaders are in full sprint mode, like there’s no tomorrow —“We’re late!” “We need AI everywhere!” “We’ll fall behind, and become obsolete” “We’re going to lose customers” and—who knows—maybe even collapse into complete irrelevance… well, wait a…
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Enterprise IT is dead—Long live Enterprise IT! Remember when IT departments were the gatekeepers of all things tech? When you needed a meeting, a budget review, and three approvals just to get access to a dashboard? Well, that era is over. That era is over—not because IT stepped back, but because the world moved on.Â
Behind the Firewall: Notes of a Punk CIO 