313- Drew Griffin on IT Leadership in Logistics & Defining The 5 Pillars of IT Leadership

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🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Drew Griffin As the National Director of IT at National Parcel Logistics, Drew Griffin has overseen the company’s growth from a single warehouse to a national distribution platform. With a background in logistics and technology, Drew brings a unique perspective to IT leadership, emphasizing the importance of business alignment, continuous learning, and collaborative problem-solving. His approach to IT management combines entrepreneurial thinking with practical implementation strategies. Drew Griffin on IT Leadership in Logistics & Defining The 5 Pillars of IT Leadership How can we define and recognize exceptional IT leadership in the mid-market space? In this episode, Drew Griffin, National Director of IT at National Parcel Logistics, shares his insights on the key attributes of successful IT leaders. From entrepreneurial spirit to continuous learning and effective communication, Drew and host Phil Howard explore the multifaceted role of today’s IT directors and discuss strategies for balancing innovation with practical implementation.

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0:00.0	if I say is IT governance a common term to you?
0:09.8	Just in the periphery, right?
0:11.6	So I'm not, I'm not one of those IT directors that's out at a bunch of conferences.
0:16.2	And, you know, I'm familiar with IT governance, but no, the short answer.
0:20.8	The only reason why is because in reality, it's kind of like a broad term that IT leadership revolves around.
0:28.9	Yeah.
0:29.4	And when we look at IT leader podcasts in the mid-market space, I'm like the only one.
0:39.5	Yeah.
0:40.4	So it's kind of like, no, there is like there's like, you know, technology podcasts or
0:45.0	stuff like that.
0:46.1	But when we go to like SEO and it's like what do we attach ourselves to?
0:52.4	And I think when I, and I was doing a lot of research the day,
0:55.7	and IT governance is what kind of a lot of the stuff falls underneath. It's like, well,
1:04.4	you know, it's, it's like ITIL frameworks, management frameworks, and a lot of stuff,
1:10.3	you know, DevOps type of stuff.
1:13.0	Like if I was to ask you, how would you categorize or if you were searching for you or you
1:19.7	are searching for this topic and you are searching for things, what would you search for?
1:23.6	I want to hear from other Drew Griffins on a podcast about IT leadership. Yeah. I want to learn. And I want to hear from other Drew Griffins on a podcast about IT leadership, want to learn and I want to get connected with other guys like him. Would you even search for it?
1:35.9	That's an interesting question. There's so much variation with IT leadership. You know, the consultant that's out there setting up small and mid-sized businesses,
1:46.5	one after the other, has quite a bit different job than a enterprise level CIO. You know,
1:53.8	obviously certain contracts and systems are the same. You just scale them up. But I think the functions are quite a bit different.
2:03.8	Just your space. I mean, just so here's here's the deal, right? So our show is obsessive about
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