274- Eric Bloom: Data, Digital Natives, and the Evolving Role of IT Leaders

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

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5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Eric Bloom Eric Bloom is a seasoned IT leader and the Executive Director of the IT Management and Leadership Institute. With a passion for developing the next generation of IT leaders, Eric and his team provide training and certifications for IT professionals at all levels. His insights stem from a diverse background in IT management, software development, and financial services. Eric Bloom: Data, Digital Natives, and the Evolving Role of IT Leaders IT executives and decision-makers join Philip Howard as he sits down with Eric Bloom, Executive Director of the IT Management and Leadership Institute. They discuss the changing landscape of IT leadership, emphasizing the need for IT professionals to move beyond technical expertise and embrace strategic thinking, business acumen, and data-driven decision-making. Eric shares practical advice on measuring IT success, navigating the challenges of leadership, and bridging the gap between the server room and the boardroom.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome everyone back to dissecting popular IT nerds.
0:11.0	Sitting back today, lounging a little bit with my nerd neck.
0:15.7	It's been termed nerd neck.
0:17.4	I've heard other chiropractors call it tech neck. And I just want to tell everyone now,
0:23.6	work on your posture if you're in IT. Get a standing desk, even though I am sitting and no one
0:29.5	can see that at the moment. I have been in excruciating pain since July. I'm trying everything.
0:43.5	Mass amounts of physical therapy, iron neck, spinning balls, all kinds of different rubber bands that I need to use. It's just my advice. I'm just
0:49.9	advising the world now to be careful of your neck. I should have a sponsor here of some sort.
0:57.9	Greg DeFrenchman, go get us a sponsor for, I don't know, nerd neck stuff. So Eric Bloom,
1:02.7	welcome to the show, executive director, IT management and leadership institute. You are the man.
1:09.9	I would like a fellow, a fellow Massachusetts kind of outside of Bostonian.
1:15.9	I'm originally right outside of Worcester.
1:17.7	So I'm sure you guys have plenty of jokes about the guys from Worcester, like a bunch of wicked mothers from Worcester.
1:24.3	A welcome to the show.
1:27.0	Can I say founder of the leadership institute? Yes, you can. Okay. So how did you get
1:34.3	into, you know, IT leadership? Did you fail miserably at first and have many nights crying yourself
1:40.9	to sleep? And then you figured I need to learn how to do this. And now I'm going to teach other people how to not cry themselves to bed or what was it well actually yes but that's
1:47.9	when I was in an IT management role is that how I get into this was I taught college one night a
1:55.1	week for a bunch of years early in my career you know typical you know like two oh it's Tuesday night
1:59.5	you know I'm a young faculty thing.
2:01.8	And it was always on computer-related topics. I'm going to date myself here by...
2:06.4	Please, I got to know. I got to know what we were teaching back then.
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