The Calculus of IT
An exploration into the intricacies of creating, leading, and surviving IT in a corporation. Every week, Mike and I discuss new ways of thinking about the problems that impact IT Leaders. Additionally, we will explore today's technological advances and keep it in a fun, easy-listening format while having a few cocktails with friends. Stay current on all Calculus of IT happenings by visiting our website: www.thecoit.us. To watch the podcast recordings, visit our YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/@thecalculusofit.
Podcasting since 2023 • 106 episodes
The Calculus of IT
Latest Episodes
Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 11 - Shadow AI vs Shadow IT
Newsflash: Shadow AI is just Shadow IT with better branding and worse consequences.We set out to compare Shadow AI (people using ChatGPT at home because you won't give them tools at work) versus Shadow IT (people using Smartsheet because...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 10 - Training Our Elders (and Ourselves)
The new episode is live, and special guest Kevin Dushney joined us to ask the question nobody wants to answer: at what point do people just stop learning technology, and what the hell do we do about it?We set out to explore whether IT sh...
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Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 9 - PowerPoint Inc.
In this episode, Mike and I put on the latex gloves and explored the uncomfortable reality that PowerPoint has ruled corporate communication since 1987, and somehow nothing has replaced it despite Prezi, Lucidchart, Google Slides, and Canva all...
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Episode 9
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Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 8 - IT aka the Pasty Anthropologist
Mostly true but also possibly just purely theoretical fact: IT's real job is studying human behavior, not fixing computers.In this episode, Mike and I set out to explore why IT needs to think like anthropologists (e.g., observing ...
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Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 7 - What Has Become of Chat?
The new episode is live, and we went deep into the nostalgia mines before emerging with some uncomfortable truths about how we communicate now.Mike and I started by tracing our entire chat history from 1992 BBS systems (Nate had t...
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