269- The Democratization of Technology with Grant Ecker

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

Technology

5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Grant Ecker Grant Ecker is an accomplished technology leader who currently serves as VP and Chief Architect at a Fortune 500 company. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Board at the Chief Architect Forum, a community he created to connect IT executives for sharing insights and innovations. With over 20 years of experience leading large-scale digital transformation initiatives, Grant is passionate about mentoring the next generation of IT leaders. He holds a BS in Computer Science and an MBA from top-ranked institutions. An avid traveler and reader, Grant enjoys spending time with his wife when he is not working. The Democratization of Technology with Grant Ecker In this enlightening discussion, we explore the evolving landscape of technology leadership with Grant Ecker. Drawing from his experience across industries, Grant offers thoughtful perspective on democratizing decision-making to empower domain experts. He provides practical insights on leveraging peer connections to evaluate innovations like AI while maintaining rigorous governance standards. Grant stresses the importance of soft skills like humility, relationship building, and knowledge sharing for emerging IT leaders. Looking ahead, he shares his vision for how technologies like AI could shape t...

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0:00.0	All right, welcome everyone back to dissecting popular IT nerds.
0:09.7	Today, I'm back in Connecticut, the wonderful state of Connecticut.
0:14.1	I don't know how wonderful it is, maybe 15 minutes north of Hartford for anyone that's in love with Hartford. I don't know. I haven't found
0:22.1	a lover yet. We are speaking with Grant Ecker VP, chief architect, founder, executive coach.
0:31.3	I could probably use some coaching. I'll take that on the side. We all could give me some
0:35.1	numerous, numerous things I could use.
0:39.8	Coaching on chief architect.
0:42.8	I just want to start with what that is because it's not a, it's not a title that if you
0:47.0	ask me like, what is a chief architect to do?
0:49.1	I'd be like, well, architect things, a lot of different things.
0:52.7	Sounds fancy, right?
0:53.6	I mean, we got that going for it.
0:55.0	Yeah, what are titles anyways?
0:57.1	I used to say I'm the head janitor.
0:59.1	And that's nothing against janitors because there's just nothing against janitors.
1:02.5	I would probably love to be just the janitor, not even the head janitor.
1:08.5	You know, so what is it?
1:09.6	It's really kind of like chief family counselor for the IT leadership team
1:14.9	reporting to the CIO and chief coach for the technical community.
1:19.2	So it's really the senior most technologist.
1:21.8	You're like the middle child.
1:23.2	Wait, you're like the middle child for real?
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