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Strategic Advisors

  • Editorial
  • Kip Fanta

IT Can’t Stay an Order Taker: Become a Strategic Partner

IT strategic partner is the role every modern technology team should aim for. Too often, IT is treated as an order taker—fulfilling requests without shaping outcomes. That approach limits influence, wastes resources, and erodes trust. By shifting from order taking to strategic partnering, IT leaders move beyond delivery to co-create business value. Using models like BRM’s Relationship Maturity Model, teams can assess their current role and intentionally build toward trusted advisor and strategic partner levels, where IT has a real seat at the table
  • Business IT Alignment, IT Strategy, Strategic Advisor
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  • Editorial
  • Kip Fanta

Measure Value from Day One

Organizations invest heavily in projects and technology but often fail to measure the value they create. Value isn’t just financial ROI—it spans quantitative, qualitative, tangible, and intangible outcomes. This blog explains why defining, tracking, and sharing ownership of value from the start is essential, and how tools like GetInSync help teams focus on the measures that truly matter.
  • Business Growth, Business IT Alignment, IT Value, Strategic Advisor
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  • Editorial
  • Kip Fanta

Why Every Tech Strategy Should Start with a Capability Conversation

Too many strategies start with tools instead of purpose. Capability-led planning shifts the conversation from what tech to buy to what the business actually needs to do. When you map outcomes to capabilities first, you reduce waste, align teams, and invest where it counts.
  • Business IT Alignment, Convergence, IT Management, IT Strategy, Strategic Advisor, vCIO
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  • Editorial
  • Kip Fanta

IT Governance That Doesn’t Suck: Making Guardrails Work for Everyone

IT governance has a reputation for slowing things down. But when done right, it provides clarity, supports smart decisions, and keeps teams moving in the right direction. This post breaks down how to create guardrails that actually work - without killing momentum.
  • Business IT Alignment, Convergence, Decision-making, fCIO, IT Governance, Strategic Advisor, vCIO
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  • Editorial
  • Kip Fanta

How Strategic Conversations Get Derailed (and How to Bring Them Back)

Strategic conversations often start strong but quickly drift into execution, status updates, or siloed debates. This post breaks down why strategic conversations get derailed—and offers practical ways to bring them back on track with clear framing, shared language, and cross-functional focus.
  • Business IT Alignment, IT Strategy, Strategic Advisor, vCIO
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  • Editorial
  • Kip Fanta

What High-Trust Tech Leadership Looks Like Today

In tech leadership today, trust matters more than tools. It’s what earns you influence when plans shift and priorities change. This post breaks down what high-trust leadership in IT looks like, how it’s built, and why it’s now the difference between being heard—or being bypassed.
  • Business IT Alignment, IT Strategy, Strategic Advisor, vCIO
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  • Editorial
  • Kip Fanta

What Fractional CIOs Need to Be Successful in 2025

To succeed in 2025, Fractional CIOs need more than experience. They need structure, tools, and a repeatable system to create visible impact fast. This post breaks down what top-performing fCIOs bring to the table and how they scale their influence without getting buried in the day-to-day.
  • CIO, Convergence, IT Strategy, Strategic Advisor, vCIO
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  • Webinar
  • Stuart Holtby

Growing Your MSP with Co-Managed IT

Speaker(s): Fernando Leon (Host), Stuart Holtby (Guest)
  • BRM Leadership, Business Growth, Business IT Alignment, Co-Managed IT, COMITS, fCIO, Fractional, IT Strategy, MSP Growth, On Demand, Strategic Advisor, vCIO
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