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.
Episodes
103 episodes
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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Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 6 - Slack as an OS
So Mike and I set out to answer a simple question: What actually constitutes an operating system in 2026? Turns out, it depends on whether you're talking about computers or how people actually work. For a computer OS, you need hardware manageme...
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Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 5 - Who Speaks for IT Anyway?
The new episode is live. As usual, we were topical af.The question: In an industry flooded with analysts, vendors, and LinkedIn thought leaders, who actually speaks for IT versus speaking to IT?Short an...
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Episode 5
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Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 4 - The Verification Economy (Part 2 of 2)
In part two, we tackle who actually does all this verifying, what it costs, and the uncomfortable questions nobody's asking yet.IT is becoming the verification department whether you signed up for it or not. You're verifying employee ide...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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2:04:19
Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 4 - The Verification Economy (Part 1 of 2)
In Episode 4 of The Calculus of IT, Mike Crispin and I dive deep into what happens when "proof of X" becomes the fundamental currency of digital interaction. We're entering an era where verification matters more than the technology itsel...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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2:15:17
Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 3 - Distributed vs. Centralized IT (Redux) - The AI Paradox?
Two years ago, we spent 4 hours and 27 minutes hours dissecting decentralized IT models. Now, AI has changed everything or has it?In this episode, Mike and Nate return to one of Season 1's most epic deep dives to ask a critical qu...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 2 - Identity with a Capital "I"
Identity...I mean...super easy topic right? Wrong.Season 3 is largely devoted to looking at "capital-I Identity" from all available viewpoints. Tonight, we just started to try and figure out what the hell it actually me...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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2:04:19
Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 1 - Welcome Back!!
aaaaand we're back!!Season 3 of The Calculus of IT is here, and we're coming in hot with 40 episodes that go way beyond the AI silliness. Sure, we'll talk about GenAI when it matters - but from angles nobody else is touching. This seaso...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:12:41
Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 13 - NLM Bot TL;DR - Industry 5.0
Oddly enough, the bots don't seem to be too emotionally affected by their future rise to becoming our overlords.
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 13 - Industry 5.0
.....aaaand that's a wrap folks. It’s the end of the season, the end of an era, and maybe the last human-hosted podcast you’ll ever hear. In our Season 2 finale, Nate, Mike, and Kevin take everything we’ve learned about autonomy and decis...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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2:02:28
Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 12 - NLM Bot TL;DR - Shaping the Future: Autonomy, Adoption, and the Four Pillars
The bots will have their way. So get out of their way.
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 12 - Shaping the Future: Autonomy, Adoption, and the Four Pillars
We’ve talked resilience, compliance, AI, and risk - but what does it really take to become the architect of your organization’s technology future?In this penultimate episode of Season 2, Nate and Mike step back to connect the big pictur...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:26:54
Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 11 - Part 2 - Long-Term Resilience and Autonomy
Welcome to the Calculus of IT double feature you didn’t know you needed. In this two-part journey, me and Mike stare down the end of the world - at least, the IT version - and ask: what does it really mean to be resilient when...
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Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 11 - Part 1 - Long-Term Resilience and Autonomy
Welcome to the Calculus of IT double feature you didn’t know you needed. In this two-part journey, me and Mike stare down the end of the world - at least, the IT version - and ask: what does it really mean to be resilient when...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:55:06
Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 10.1 - The Token Economy
It’s another Calculus of IT mini-episode (“Jort” alert!), and this time Nate and Mike are spiraling down the GenAI token rabbit hole - no tokens required (yet).Join us for a fast-paced, highly caffeinated, and only slightly unhinged tou...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:28:31
Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 10 - NLM Bot TL;DR - Autonomy and Compliance
Bots don't actually care about compliance. Maybe because they are literally one of the most noncompliant technologies possible? Who knows, let's listen to them hash this one out.
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 10 - Autonomy and Compliance
It’s the regulation episode you didn’t know you needed - but absolutely do.After three weeks swimming in the future of AI, quantum, and edge, Nate and Mike are back with a rundown of the one thing every IT leader loves to hate: complian...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:47:18
Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 9 - Part 3 - NLM Bot TL;DR - Establishing Boundaries and Principles for Autonomy
What happens when your AI agent tries to talk to mine but mine hates yours?
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 9 - Part 3 - Emerging Technologies and Their Impact on Autonomy
The epic, unfiltered three-part saga is complete!In Episode 9 of Calculus of IT, Nate, Mike, and Kevin wrap up their marathon exploration of IT autonomy with a bang, a glass of red wine, and a healthy dose of existential dread.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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2:03:25
Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 9 - Part 2 - NLM Bot TL;DR - Establishing Boundaries and Principles for Autonomy
This is like the Fyre Festival for bots. Sound really awesome but mostly just make a bunch of shit up.
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 9 - Part 2 - Emerging Technologies and Their Impact on Autonomy
It's 2027. You have just hired your new VP of Subdermal Biomodifications and she has spent the last four years constructing a self-designed, explicit LLM environment, complete with custom agent and rules structure that she has bee...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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2:00:49
Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 9 - Part 1 - NLM Bot TL;DR - Establishing Boundaries and Principles for Autonomy
Here come the bots!!Last night, Mike, Kevin and I pivoted the podcast from discussions on what is happening in autonomy TODAY and started taking a look at the impact of autonomy on the future of IT Leadership. How will f...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 9 - Part 1 - Emerging Technologies and Their Impact on Autonomy
Last night, Mike, Kevin and I pivoted the podcast from discussions on what is happening in autonomy TODAY and started taking a look at the impact of autonomy on the future of IT Leadership. How will future IT Leaders grapple with the murk...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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2:00:09
Calculus of IT - Season 2 Episode 8 - NLM Bot TL;DR - Building Resilience Through Independence and Effective Change Management
As promised, each episode this season will also have a bonus TL;DR version from our favorite bots over at NLM or from whatever we currently feel is most bot-worthy. And this week, those crazy bots are at it again.
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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