January 9, 2026

A CEO managing tech risk without becoming a geek

CEO’s Guide: Managing Tech Risk Without Becoming a Geek

How do you get your arms around security, data, and systems risk without turning into an IT specialist? If you are a growth-minded CEO, COO, or founder, you probably feel the squeeze. Boards ask about ransomware and AI misuse. Customers ask about data protection. Your team throws acronyms at you. Tech feels too expensive, too […]

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7 ways mid-market CEOs can get senior tech leadership without Adding a full-time CTO

You probably feel the squeeze. Your board wants real answers on AI, cyber risk, and system reliability, but a $300k-plus full-time CTO still feels like a stretch. You are not alone. Many mid-market firms have serious customers, regulators, and investors, yet rely on an overworked IT lead or a heroic engineer to play “part-time executive.”

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A team working with a ransomware tabletop facilitator for legal services organizations

Ransomware Tabletop Facilitator for Legal Services Organizations (Incident Ready Decision Gates)

It’s 9:12 a.m. Intake is stacking up, advocates can’t open case files due to the ransomware attack, and the phones won’t stop. Someone forwards a screenshot: a ransom note. The panic doesn’t come from the tech details. It comes from the cyber threat landscape, what your team protects, client safety, confidentiality, and the ability to

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Justice Organization Technology Roadmap: A Board-Ready 90-Day Plan

Your intake queue is growing. Partner handoffs are failing. A funder report is due, and the numbers don’t match what staff know is true. These issues widen the justice gap in service delivery. That’s how tech debt shows when there is no justice organization technology roadmap in place. Not as an “IT problem,” but as

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A Mission-Focused Software Licensing Strategy for Nonprofits

A smart software licensing strategy for nonprofits can be the difference between software being a chaotic, unpredictable expense and it becoming a true strategic asset. It's about moving from reactive, ad-hoc purchases to a disciplined approach that aligns every tool with your mission. This is how you transform a fragile, patched-together system into a reliable

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The Nonprofit Systems Map Workshop, How to Document Your Real Workflows in 2 Workshops

The intake queue is exploding. A partner handoff failed again. A funder report is due Friday, and the numbers don’t reconcile with last quarter’s spreadsheet. When that happens, it’s tempting to hunt for a new tool. But the tool isn’t the work. The work is the flow of decisions, handoffs, approvals, and sensitive information that

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