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Isaac Sacolick

@ikestarcio.bsky.social
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Bestselling author on #DigitalTransformation. Writes for CIO.com, InfoWorld, and drive.starcio.com.

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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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. www.starcio.com/starcio-work... #AI #CIO
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Leadership job opportunities for Digital Trailblazers drive.starcio.com/2026/03/ai-l... #AI #DigitalTransformation
drive.starcio.com
Is AI Putting Your Leadership Job at Risk—or Opening Your Biggest Career Opportunity?
Reflecting on pivotal moments in careers and current industry shifts affecting your leadership job. Learn more about the AI opportunities.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
One reason CIOs and CISOs seek a stable set of co-creation partners is to avoid the tremendous overhead of signing and onboarding new partners. #cio #ciso #ai #innovation #ai
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5 Practical Insights on Co-Creating With Innovation Partners in the AI Era
Isaac Sacolick with insights from Coffee With Digital Trailblazers experts reveals the importance of co-creation and partnerships in driving innovation,. He highlights how organizations should adopt…
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
In many organizations, what started as a simple scrum process became overly complex due to agile frameworks that sought to “scale” agile. #agile #cio
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Seize Real Advantages: 7 Urgent Reasons to Revisit Agile for the AI Era
Organizations need to revisit their agile practices due to increased complexity and changing business expectations, exacerbated by AI advancements. Key issues include fragmented management, lack of…
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
"This is a must-read book for everyone leading digital transformation initiatives in the organization." www.amazon.com/Digital-Trai... #CIO #DigitalTransformation
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
WSJ says it all Nvidia First $5T Company Google Rev Soars as AI Boom Lifts Cloud Buz Microsoft’s Cloud Services Power Earnings Beyond Wall St Expectations Meta Reports Record Revenue in Q3 But Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite #cio
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
My #AI article of the week www.infoworld.com/article/4061...
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Community members can now access my ebook on Agile Planning! drive.starcio.com/join/ #Agile #DigitalTransformation
drive.starcio.com
Join the StarCIO Digital Trailblazer Community
The StarCIO Digital Trailblazer Community welcomes leaders at all levels involved in digital transformation. It fosters multidisciplinary skills, offering learning and support. Open to diverse…
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Don't miss this week's episode on The Real Cost of Tribal Knowledge: Why Losing Your People Can Bring Ops to a Standstill. October topics announced! drive.starcio.com/coffee-with-... #DigitalTransformation #AI #CIO
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Coffee with Digital Trailblazer Recordings
Coffee With Digital Trailblazers is a weekly LinkedIn Live Event held every Friday at 11am ET, focusing on discussions relevant to digital transformation leaders. Participants explore various themes…
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
A great day. Eight years ago. Time flies
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The healthcare problems in the U.S. are about to get worse. Between this surge and tariffs, the economy could tank. “Costs for employer coverage are expected to surge about 9.5% in 2026.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
This pathetic and shameful to USTA and any #media that abides > USTA asks broadcasters to censor reaction to Donald Trump’s attendance at U.S. Open
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USTA asks broadcasters to censor reaction to Donald Trump’s attendance at U.S. Open
Trump will attend the U.S. Open final as a guest of a sponsor, marking his first appearance since 2015.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Seriously frightening > “Shortly before President Trump secured another White House term, he pledged to supporters at a rally to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild” on health, medicine and food if elected.”
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
“Unintended consequences?” Bullies turn friends into rivals and rivals into threats > How Trump’s Blunt-Force Diplomacy Is Pushing His Rivals Together www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
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How Trump’s Blunt-Force Diplomacy Is Pushing His Rivals Together
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The IT the economy added just 22,000 new jobs, a sign that the labor market is deteriorating markedly. The overall jobless rate in August edged up 4.3%. #cio
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Sad. Disappointing. Pathetic. Show some morale courage.
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CIO.com @cio.com · 02/09/2025
"With the advent of agentic AI, CIOs must be poised to adjust strategic IT priorities, mitigate new security risks, and reskill staff for a new era," writes @ikestarcio.bsky.social www.cio.com/article/4046...
cio.com
Rethinking the IT organization for the agentic AI era
Agentic AI marks a pivotal moment for how work will get done in tomorrow’s enterprise. These five questions will help CIOs better understand how they might restructure IT operations to facilitate busi...
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
And then there’s this stupidity www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...
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White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
They tested out six specific intervention strategies to stop the platform from turning into a polarized hellscape. To their dismay, none of the interventions worked futurism.com/social-netwo... #ai #social
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Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened
Researchers simulated a social media platform that was populated entirely by AI to see if we can stop them from turning into echo chambers.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
We will be discussing at this Friday’s Coffee With Digital Trailblazers OpenAI’s GPT-5 has had a tumultuous public launch, frustrating users and prompting Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman to respond www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open... #ai
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https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-rocky-gpt-5-rollout-shows-struggle-to-remain-undisputed-ai-leader-04897686?st=qqo6Fu
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
So sad and disappointing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/a...
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The Smithsonian Changes Its Description of Trump’s Role on Jan. 6
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InfoWorld.com @infoworld.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
InfoWorld columnist @ikestarcio.bsky.social asked experts how they and their teams are excelling in multicloud operations. The following checklist distills their best practices.
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How to excel in multicloud: The new checklist
The question today is not whether to support multicloud operations but how to excel at it. Here’s what experts are saying about the challenges and opportunities in multiple cloud operations.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Greetings from #AWSSummitNYC
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The Republican budget is a climate horror. According to an analysis by energy experts at Princeton University, by 2035 the bill will increase electricity costs for consumers and businesses, decrease investment in clean energy www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-big-...
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The Republican budget is a climate horror
Not content to ignore climate change, they decided to make it even worse.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
“The most important thing to know about AI is that it is not a tool, it is an agent, in the sense that it can make decisions independently of us. It can invent new ideas. It can learn and change by itself.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-y... #ai
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‘Sapiens’ Author Yuval Noah Harari on the Promise and Peril of AI
The author of “Sapiens” says that for the first time in tens of thousands of years, humanity has competition. And it’s coming fast.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Sadly, here’s one reason why I am unlikely to write another book > Anthropic Lands Partial Victory in AI Case Set to Shape Future Rulings www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth... #ai #legal #fail
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Anthropic Lands Partial Victory in AI Case Set to Shape Future Rulings
The decision is among the first to find that use of books for AI model training is legal under U.S. copyright law.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I can’t believe I received my author’s copies three years ago today. What a journey since then! #CIO
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The lunatics are running the asylum www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
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Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Businesses are warning that constantly shifting trade policies are interfering with their ability to plan for the future, leading to hiring and investment freezes www.wsj.com/economy/trum... #cio
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The U.S. Economy Is Headed Toward an Uncomfortable Summer <br>
Companies say they are freezing hiring and investment to deal with shifting tariff policies, which is compounding an uneasy equilibrium in the labor market.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Sorry Gov. Trust is long gone > Mr. Newsom, a Democrat, immediately rebuked the president’s action. “That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions,” Mr. Newsom said, adding that “this is the wrong mission and will erode public trust.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...
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Trump Is Calling Up National Guard Troops Under a Rarely Used Law
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
While (have work) do { Create prompt; Identify AI tool; Test and improve prompt; if (frustrated) { change AI tool; finish work; } until (feeling obsolete); #AI
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Must read on the future of SW development > “This shift from writing to reading code can make engineers feel as if they are bystanders in their own jobs.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/b... #ai #devops #burnout
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At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resemble Warehouse Work
Pushed to use artificial intelligence, software developers at the e-commerce giant say they must work faster and have less time to think. Others welcome the shift.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Let’s just imagine if any public company CEO, head of a government agency, or any board director accepted a $400M gift from a foreign government, another company, or wealthy individual.
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a crowd of people with their hands on their heads
ALT: a crowd of people with their hands on their heads
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Forget Mars! > There are at least 15 Tatooine-like binary systems, with a single planet orbiting a double-sun, but the unusual characteristics of a newly discovered system are one-of-kind
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This whole Trump II administration is a cruel farce. in 2023, the US wind energy industry employed ~130K, while the solar industry employed 280K— it suggests Trump is trapped in a right-wing woke ideology that doesn’t recognize green manufacturing jobs as real jobs. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/o...
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Opinion | I Have Never Been More Afraid for My Country’s Future
Trump’s worldview is stuck in the 1970s, and his whole administration is a cruel farce.
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Bedrock Data @bedrockdataai.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Our CTO, Pranava Adduri, was featured in @ikestarcio.bsky.social's latest @infoworld.bsky.social piece on measuring success in #DataOps, #datagovernance, and #datasecurity. Read the piece: www.infoworld.com/article/3956...
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Measuring success in dataops, data governance, and data security
What metrics do business and tech leaders trust for measuring ROI on dataops, data governance, and data security? We asked the experts.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Bravo www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
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Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions and report international students who broke rules, among other steps. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The economy was at risk since November. Tariffs launches a barage of grenades at it. www.wsj.com/finance/jpmo...
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Wall Street Sounds an Alarm: The Economy Is at Risk Thanks to Tariffs
JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon and BlackRock’s Larry Fink both said the turbulence wasn’t like prior financial crises.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
CEOs start to sound off on President Trump’s trade war: “Tariff is not a beautiful word” “It’s like going to a restaurant where the menu keeps changing before you order,” he said. “No one feels confident making a decision.” www.wsj.com/business/tru...
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CEOs Break Silence on Trump Trade War
For weeks, business leaders have avoided voicing concerns about tariffs. Some executives are getting more vocal.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Dimon took aim at tax breaks that primarily benefit the wealthy. “These include carried interest, the ability to deduct up to $10,000 of state and local taxes, and too many creative estate tax planning techniques.” The U.S. tax code should incorporate the “Buffett Rule” www.wsj.com/economy/jami...
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Jamie Dimon Warns Tariffs Will Raise Prices, Slow Growth
In the JPMorgan CEO’s annual letter, he says he hopes for long-term benefits but that many uncertainties exist.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
How should operations and technical leaders define intelligent operations today? It’s a critical question for executives in #construction, #manufacturing, and other midsize businesses with sizable field operations. drive.starcio.com/2025/03/driv... #genai #cio #ai
drive.starcio.com
3 Key Insights on Driving Intelligent Operations in the GenAI Era
Intelligent operations is crucial for executives in construction and manufacturing to drive safety, competitiveness, and growth.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Some may argue that including offense strategies as part of AI governance bleeds into the organization’s overall business, digital transformation, or AI strategy. Perhaps this is a good thing www.infoworld.com/article/3855... #AI #DataGovernance #CIO.
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How to start developing a balanced AI governance strategy
A strong AI governance defense does more than reduce risks: it drives the offense, and the offense is what delivers value.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
As of 2023, only about 13 million people still work in manufacturing, which makes up less than 10% of those employed. Even if some manufacturing returns to US, all it will bring is more robots and energy demand. #TariffsFail www.marketplace.org/2024/12/16/m...
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Where did all the manufacturing workers go? - Marketplace
The American economy has lost around 7.5 million manufacturing jobs since 1980, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I’m in New Orleans covering #lowcode #nocode platform #QuickBase
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
“The agency responsible for protecting the quality of health care in the United States just got demolished,” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s...
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Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers Say
Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Guess where
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Been a rough couple of weeks. Can’t keep up with the treadmill.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Dirty martini in Vegas. Why yes. Of course.
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Isaac Sacolick @ikestarcio.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Uber and Lyft need a no Tesla preference.
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