Why technology leaders are losing the AI conversation to the people who report to them

Technology July 17, 2026 09:31 PM

Scott Smeester has spent more than 25 years at the intersection of technology and executive leadership. He has watched organizations approve initiatives they never execute, fund technology initiatives that produce no operational change and promote CIOs who perform the role rather than lead it. He founded CIO Mastermind as a peer community for technology leaders who want to close that gap. He writes about why technology leadership keeps failing and what it takes to fix it.

Why technology leaders are losing the AI conversation to the people who report to them

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