460- Seat at the Table, Still the IT Guy w/Brian Ledbetter (58:22)
You've Been Heard, Monday, October 5th, 2026
Veteran CIO Brian Ledbetter shares his LEAD IT framework and argues every AI conversation should start with the business outcome.
On this You've Been Heard podcast episode, veteran CIO and U.S. Air Force veteran Brian Ledbetter says titles matter less than how the organization sees you, a perception hardest to change when you rose from the same company's help desk.
He explains LEAD IT, his framework of Lead, Elevate, Align, Deliver, Innovate and Transform, and is pressed on delegation by former guest Bruce Otte.
Ledbetter argues that whoever makes a technology decision should share accountability when it fails, that every AI conversation should start with the outcome, and that guardrails and agent managers will dominate IT talk within 18 months.