January 29, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english
The role of the data leader used to be clear: build platforms, deliver dashboards, report insights. But now data sits everywhere, in AI, in decisions, in strategy, and suddenly every conversation ends with “What does the data say?”. The responsibility has outgrown the job description.
February 3, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english
Every organisation wants to make data easier to access while keeping it consistent, secure, and compliant. That’s the goal. But then comes the challenge, an operational one rather than a conceptual one. It’s true, opening access speeds up decisions, but it multiplies duplication, privacy risks, and ownership confusion. Tightening governance restores order but kills agility.
February 6, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english
The New IT Operating Model : Redefining roles, governance, and delivery for an AI-shaped enterprise
IT used to own technology. Now, every function does. Marketing builds apps, finance runs analytics, and operations automates workflows on its own. The boundaries that once defined IT have blurred, yet accountability hasn’t moved. The result? Shared ownership without shared governance, rising cost without clear control, and a CIO role that’s harder to define every year.
February 10, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english
Operating Model Driven Design: Shaping systems around how the organisation actually works
Most architectures start with technology choices, then reality steps in. And when operating models evolve, structures shift, and suddenly systems no longer fit the way people work. So processes have to stretch to accommodate tools instead of the other way around. This is where integration becomes repair, not design, and what was once well aligned slowly turns into a patchwork of exceptions and workarounds.
March 12, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english
The Third-Party Risk Reckoning: How far can you trust your vendors?
Tomato! Tomato! Tomato! Get your tomato now! Every vendor sells security. And every company depends on vendors, partners, and suppliers. The more digital the business becomes, the longer that list grows, and so does the attack surface. One weak link, and there is always one, or one missed update, and trust collapses faster than any firewall can react.
March 24, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english
Killing Zombie Projects: Knowing when to stop, restart, or quietly let go
Every organisation has them, projects that keep running long after their purpose has faded. No one remembers who asked for them, but shutting them down feels riskier than keeping them alive. And eventually, people stay assigned, budgets stay allocated, and energy drains into work that no longer matters. Inertia at its finest.
March 26, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english
AI projects continue to multiply, but proving their value remains difficult. Most organisations can track activity, not impact. Dashboards count pilots and models, yet few translate to measurable business outcomes. The result is familiar: success stories without clarity on what they actually delivered.
March 31, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english
Composability in Practice: Building modular systems that stay coherent as they grow
Composability sounds elegant in theory: small, independent parts that come together to form something greater, but in practice, it’s messy. What happens when modules overlap, APIs evolve differently across domains, and governance struggles to keep pace? What was meant to simplify architecture sometimes ends up multiplying it.
April 2, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english
Taming the SaaS Sprawl: Tracking spend, ownership, and usage before it slips out of control
SaaS gave business units freedom: quick onboarding, no infrastructure, and instant results. But over time, that freedom turned into fragmentation. Each team now buys, renews, and configures its own stack. HR has one platform, finance has another, and marketing probably has ten. The invoices keep coming, usage keeps dropping, and no one is sure who’s accountable for what.
May 12, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english
Product-Centric IT 2.0: Blending product and project thinking
Everyone says they’ve gone product-centric. In reality, most organisations live in a hybrid world where projects, products, and platforms overlap. Teams manage releases while still chasing deadlines, and governance still thinks in milestones rather than outcomes. The shift is underway, but the mindset hasn’t caught up.
May 19, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english
AI vs AI in Cybersecurity: When defenders and attackers both use AI
The game has changed, clearly. Attackers have AI, defenders have AI, and both sides are learning faster than anyone expected, or maybe the attackers are just a bit faster. What used to take hours now happens in seconds, and detection windows close before alerts even appear. It’s adaptation beyond automation, and no one gets to sit still.
May 22, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english
Managing Vendor Lock-In: Balancing dependence, cost, and control in strategic partnerships
Every vendor swears their platform is open, flexible, and built for freedom. Then comes the renewal date. The price goes up, migration looks painful, and “strategic partnership” starts to feel more like dependency. Most organisations don’t get trapped overnight, they walk into it one contract at a time. Broadcom, anyone?
May 26, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english
The Career Path of the Cloud Engineer: From system builder to strategic enabler of digital scale
The cloud engineer’s world keeps expanding. It started with provisioning and automation, but now it touches everything: resilience, security, cost, and even business continuity. What used to be a back-end function has become one of the most visible roles in digital operations. Yet with that visibility comes pressure: constant evolution, constant firefighting, and very little time to step back and ask, “Where is this career actually going?”
June 2, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english
Automation was supposed to make infrastructure predictable. Systems would detect anomalies, resolve issues, and learn from every incident. And for a while, it worked: fewer tickets, faster recovery, better uptime. Until something broke silently, and no one noticed. The system had learned how to fix itself, but not how to explain what it did.
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June 9, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english
From Dashboards to Decisions: Restoring alignment, ownership, and confidence in enterprise reporting
Data availability keeps growing, but decision-making often feels slower. Every function builds its own dashboards, metrics multiply, and reports begin to contradict each other. What was meant to improve transparency now creates confusion. The problem is not access to data but alignment on interpretation.
June 12, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english
AI Governance at Scale: Defining boundaries, ownership, and accountability for AI at scale
AI started small: a few pilots, some dashboards, a couple of chatbots. But then it spread, quickly. Now every department wants a model, every vendor adds “AI-powered” to their pitch, and every regulator is asking about risk and transparency. Governance suddenly went from a nice idea to a full-time job.
June 18, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english
Building the Event-Driven Enterprise: Managing flow, context, and control in event-driven systems
Becoming event-driven sounds like the logical next step: real-time visibility, faster response, tighter integration. The promise is appealing, no? But turning that vision into reality is another story. Where do you start, with technology, operating model, or mindset?
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