You walk into the boardroom feeling prepared. The deck is ready. The thinking is solid. Weeks of work sit neatly behind every slide.
That’s how our Contributing CIO Jim Chilton’s first board meeting as a technology leader began… right up until the first question landed, and everything he thought the conversation would be fell apart. Forty-seven slides suddenly felt beside the point.
Maybe that moment feels relatable… Maybe it doesn’t.
Either way, Jim tells the story, and a few others, with enough honesty and humor to make it clear what not to do when that first boardroom test arrives. Before you jump into our Featured piece:
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