Isaac Sacolick

Announcing StarCIO's AI Strategy & Governance Workshops - 15 Advisories to select from & evolve your roadmap. We guide the leadership team on a pragmatic AI vision, define clear guardrails, and establish a responsible path to value. #AI #CIO

RT "We don't buy a Ferrari to go to the grocery store. Right-size the infrastructure accordingly and plan for the slow and gradual growth that's necessary to truly support an investment in AI that will give us return." #AI #Infrastructure @Star_CIO

AI adoption is high (60%), but only 22% use GenAI daily and 14% say it changes how work gets done. Only 36% strongly agree their manager supports their team's use. If managers aren't modeling it, adoption stalls. #ChangeManagement

"Remain calm at all times. Build the discipline into your team. Panic is not an option. When anxieties drive people up a wall, take a deep breath, stay calm, and deal with whatever inevitably happens." #Leadership #CIO

I hope you can join me at tomorrow's discussion - AI Agent Strategy: Human Augmentation vs In-The-Middle, vs Agentic? #AI

87% of teams burn hours re-verifying context for AI agents. AI governance must support data-quality metrics and tools for data stewards - especially for unstructured data, where the problem is largest. #AI #DataQuality

"Autopilot agents aren't fully autonomous. They handle tasks a recruiter or auditor regularly performs." The middle ground is where most enterprise agents will live. Coffee With Digital Trailblazers, Friday 11am ET. #AIagents

"If there's one capability driving both adoption and resiliency, it's governance built into execution, not bolted on. Policy enforced and audit trails captured the moment an agent acts, not reconstructed after a break." #AIgovernance #CIO

RT Q1 2026: CIOs were challenged to deploy more AI capabilities to production and demonstrate ROI. Six months later, some organizations have thousands of AI agents, now focused on orchestration, governance, AgenticOps, and tokenomics. #AI #CIO @Star_CIO

Transformation can't just mean efficiencies. It has to mean growth. IKEA built a 1.3 billion euro business line from a contact center chatbot. That's the outcome AI pilots should aim at - not productivity gains that never move EBIT. #AI #CIO

RT Leaders must seek three building blocks - platforms, partners, and learning programs - that deliver broad AI capabilities all employees can learn and adopt easily. #CIO #AI @Star_CIO

"Lead with truth, not a victory lap. Celebrate the measurable wins. Own the disappointments and explain what you learned. Stakeholders will forgive a setback more than a spin. Credibility is always your best investment." #Leadership #CIO

72% of tech decision-makers feel AI initiatives today are falling short. Governing the context layer must build people's trust in using AI agents to improve or automate decision-making. #AI #AIgovernance

Join Friday's Coffee Hour with Digital Trailblazers! AI Agent Strategy: Human Augmentation vs In-The-Middle, vs Agentic? #AI

"Agent orchestration without evaluation is CI/CD without tests. Evals and telemetry tell you whether the output was good. A pipeline that ships without checking isn't resilient; it's just fast." #AI #DevOps

RT AI bet: security. "It's easy to have agents take user permissions and start doing activities." Fund security so people aren't using unauthorized agents. #CISO #AI @Star_CIO

"The future of agent orchestration depends on openness. Organizations won't trust agents to work across applications, clouds, and company boundaries unless they communicate through open, interoperable standards." #AI #CIO

"CIOs can't become Dr. No and let the Wild West of AI agent sprawl take hold." But they can't go all-in on agentic autonomy either. How do you classify agents by trust? Join Coffee With Digital Trailblazers, Friday 11am ET. #AIagents

I’ve been reporting this incorrectly. Fire was at IAH in Houston.

Firefighters respond to restaurant fire at Bush Airport’s Terminal C via @houstonchron

Pulling from gate. HOU fire appears contained.