Michael Krigsman
Since 2013 I have hosted CXOTalk, a live interview series with the people running the world’s largest organizations. Close to 900 episodes, 569 guests, and an audience of more than 268,000 subscribers. Recent conversations include the CEO of Box, the leader of McKinsey’s AI practice, the CTO of Google Cloud, and the Chief AI Officer of U.S. Bank. Before CXOTalk I spent two decades writing about why technology projects fail, including more than a thousand columns for ZDNet.
To bring the people running the world’s largest organizations into honest, in depth conversation, so every leader can learn how real transformation actually happens.
I turn rare access to the C-suite into insight that leaders can actually use.
I am Michael Krigsman, an industry analyst and the founder of CXOTalk. For over thirty years I have worked at the center of enterprise technology: first building the tools and methods that large companies use to run major projects, then studying why those projects so often fail, and now hosting the conversations that help leaders get it right.
CXOTalk started in 2013 as a labor of love. Today it is a library of nearly 900 episodes and 569 guests, and it remains the only discussion show with C-level executives that is live and takes questions from the audience in real time.
Enterprise AI and Digital Transformation
The questions every executive is wrestling with right now: where AI actually creates value, how to govern it, and what separates the organizations that transform from the ones that stall. It is the throughline of nearly every recent CXOTalk conversation.
The Art of the Executive Interview
Getting a CEO who is trained to stay on message to think out loud instead. After nearly 1,000 interviews, this is the craft I care about most: preparation, genuine curiosity, and a room smart enough that leaders stop performing and start being honest.
Why Technology Projects Fail
Before CXOTalk, I wrote more than 1,000 columns for ZDNet on the management and leadership reasons behind troubled IT projects. The technology is rarely the real problem. The names change, from ERP to AI, but the underlying causes barely move.
Where the conversations happen.
From the CXOTalk studio to keynote stages and industry panels, Michael has spent more than a decade in the room with the people running the world’s largest organizations.
Recent posts.
What I learned from the most recent conversations on CXOTalk, quoted directly from the people who said it. Every article links to the full episode and transcript.
Why Most AI Pilots Never Reach Production
Fewer than 100 companies have captured most of the value AI has created. The leader of McKinsey’s QuantumBlack explains the invariant recipe behind the ones that did.
Read post →What CIOs Get Wrong About AI Agents
Agentic coding has taken off. Agentic knowledge work has not. Box CEO Aaron Levie on why agents break the enterprise permission model.
Read post →AI Is Not Automation. It Is Coordination.
Executives say AI and mean automation. Sangeet Paul Choudary argues that the difference is exactly why AI strategies fail.
Read post →Let’s Connect.
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