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Strategic IT Governance

Strategic IT Governance

Written by: Jayson Hahn
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Most companies spend millions on technology they cannot clearly explain, defend, or govern.


Strategic IT Governance delivers decision-grade clarity on IT spend, risk, and ROI for CEOs, CFOs, and operators who own the outcome, not just the budget.

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Episodes
  • Boards Don’t Buy Confidence
    Jan 13 2026

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    Boards do not approve confidence. They approve understanding.

    This briefing explains why confident executives lose authority in the boardroom, and what directors are actually testing when they push back on proposals.

    Using a real CFO case and a one-slide decision framework, this video shows how boards evaluate risk, downside ownership, and financial consequences before approving major technology and capital decisions.

    This is for CEOs, CFOs, and COOs who are responsible for the decision, the risk, and the explanation.

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    13 mins
  • Why CIO and CFO Alignment Breaks
    Jan 10 2026

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    CIO and CFO alignment does not break because of personalities, communication style, or leadership maturity. It breaks because governance never forces the real tradeoffs to be defined.

    In this briefing, Jayson Hahn explains why CIO–CFO conflict is structural, not personal, and how misaligned incentives quietly destroy execution, cost control, and board confidence. When IT leaders optimize capability and finance leaders optimize capital without a shared decision structure, alignment meetings multiply, decks grow longer, and decisions stall.

    You will hear what actually happens inside these meetings, why “alignment” becomes theater without forcing functions, how shadow IT grows when leadership decisions take too long, and where accountability truly breaks down. Most importantly, this briefing introduces the three questions that must be answered before any material technology spend if alignment is to become structural instead of negotiated.

    This is not a technology discussion. It is a governance discussion for CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and business leaders who are responsible for outcomes, not just approvals.

    This briefing is part of the ROI & Governance series focused on board-defensible decision making, capital discipline, and restoring executive control over technology spend.

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    12 mins
  • Why Boards Never Trust IT Numbers
    Jan 9 2026

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    Boards are not confused by IT metrics. They are unconvinced by what those metrics fail to explain.
    In this briefing, I break down why clean dashboards, green uptime, and precise financial tracking still fail to earn trust, and why pushback from directors is not skepticism but a signal that the numbers are disconnected from how the business actually operates.

    This is not an IT execution problem. It is a governance and translation failure between IT activity, financial cost, and business impact.

    What this video covers
    • Why boards reject accurate numbers that lack business causality
    • The disconnect between IT dashboards, financial statements, and board decisions
    • The three traits trusted board-level numbers always share
    • Why more data increases internal confidence but reduces board confidence
    • A real manufacturing board case where trust returned without improving performance

    The core insight
    Boards do not fund platforms or reports. They fund decisions, predictability, and accountable outcomes. When numbers fail to explain what changed in the business, credibility erodes quietly, meeting by meeting.

    Who this is for
    CEOs, CFOs, COOs, private equity operating partners, and business leaders who are tired of defending technology spend that looks right on paper but fails in the boardroom.

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    6 mins
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