209-Niel Nickolaisen: From IT Micromanager to Influential Leader

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Philip Howard

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🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Niel Nickolaisen As a CIO and IT strategist, Niel Nickolaisen has over 25 years driving digital transformation. He has led major initiatives at Western Governors University and other organizations. Currently VP of IT Strategy at Utah State focused on governance and next-gen infrastructure. Known for analytical thinking and mentoring CIOs. Holds an MS in MIS and graduated MIT’s Sloan CIO program. With his track record aligning technology and business goals, Niel is a high-impact IT leader. Niel Nickolaisen: From IT Micromanager to Influential Leader Niel Nickolaisen discusses workplace culture, overcoming limitations, leadership journey from micromanager to trust-based, operational excellence for credibility, agile methods, customer service skills. Emphasizes self-awareness, learning from mistakes, treating people well, and adapting to the future of technology. Concludes by reflecting on opportunities, expressing gratitude, and emphasizing forward-looking mindset. Covers range of leadership insights from creating culture to regaining credibility.

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0:00.0	And welcome everyone back to dissecting popular IT nerds. I'm one of the hosts, Phil Howard,
0:14.8	happened to be the founder also. But today, we are speaking with Neil Nikolaizen.
0:19.9	Am I getting this? Nicolaicin.
0:20.9	Nicolaicin.
0:21.6	Okay, you know, I quite often make a fool of myself, but that's how we get.
0:25.4	Well, to be honest, with the name like Nicolaicin, I've heard every variant, so I don't
0:28.9	really pay that much attention.
0:30.1	So before we started two seconds ago, you said you've winged everything about, winged
0:36.6	everything in life. So I think I
0:38.9	probably can relate with that to a certain degree. You know, I have eight kids. I didn't think
0:45.2	that would ever happen either. So I've been winging that as well. And, you know, that's how
0:49.1	fathering goes. What are you? You know, eight kids? You don't look that beat up at this point in
0:54.1	your life.
0:54.8	It must be reasonably good kids.
0:57.0	I learned to digilate.
0:57.7	I can't even speak.
0:59.0	I've learned to delegate.
1:00.4	Digalate is anywhere.
1:01.5	Yes.
1:02.2	When you get to a certain number, you must delegate.
1:04.5	And why don't do anything?
1:05.5	Well, digolates what you do when you got a big hole to dig and you delegateated to your kids. I love it.
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