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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.