Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 5 - Who Speaks for IT Anyway?

Calculus of IT - Season 3 Episode 5 - Who Speaks for IT Anyway?

From The Calculus of IT by Nathan McBride & Michael Crispin

January 12, 2026 · 1h 20m · Season 3 · Episode 5

About this episode

The episode discusses who truly represents IT in a landscape filled with analysts and vendors.

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 answer: Gartner speaks TO IT (specifically to CIOs with budgets). The Register speaks FOR IT (with appropriate cynicism). Your Discord/Slack communities speak WITH IT (peer-to-peer, no bullshit). Longer answer: IT spent decades being invisible. Now everyone’s asking what to do about AI, and sud...

People in this episode

Hosts: Nathan McBride, Michael Crispin

Topics covered

  • IT industry
  • AI
  • analysts
  • vendors
  • CIOs
  • peer-to-peer communication

Keywords

  • IT representation
  • Gartner
  • The Register
  • AI
  • CIOs
  • peer-to-peer

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Organizations: Gartner, The Register, Discord, Slack

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