☑️ AI can make an organization extraordinarily busy without necessarily making it more productive. That may be the most important lesson for executives from Meta’s reported experience trying to dramatically reshape its workforce around AI. In his latest Computerworld article, Evan Schuman examines what happened when ambitious expectations for AI collided with the realities of enterprise execution. The story offers three important takeaways for leaders: 1. 📊 Measure outcomes, not just AI activity. More code, more analysis, more content, and more automated actions can look like productivity. But volume is a poor substitute for business value. Leaders need to connect AI investments to measurable improvements in revenue, cost, speed, quality, resilience, or customer experience. 2. ⚙️ Automation can create work as quickly as it eliminates it. Every AI-generated output may require validation, security, integration, governance, maintenance, or correction. The productivity equation needs to account for the entire lifecycle of the work, not simply how quickly AI can produce it. 3. 🛠️ The opportunity is still enormous, but execution matters. This is not an argument for slowing AI adoption. It is an argument for getting smarter about it. Organizations that establish clear outcomes, redesign workflows to leverage human and machine strengths, and scale proven use cases have an opportunity to create significantly more value than those that simply pursue automation for its own sake. 💬 As acceligence CEO Justin Greis told Computerworld: “AI can make an organization extraordinarily busy without necessarily making it more productive. We have spent decades teaching technology leaders that lines of code, closed tickets, and launched projects are imperfect proxies for business value. AI makes that measurement problem much more acute because it can manufacture activity at machine speed.” 📌 The executive question is: “What measurable business outcome improved because AI produced it?” ⭐ That is a much higher bar than asking how much work AI can generate. It is also where the real opportunity begins. 🔗 Read the full article here: hubs.la/Q04vwP3b0

Very grateful to be recognized by Crain's Chicago Business as a 2026 Notable Leader in Accounting, Consulting & Law. More than anything, this recognition has me reflecting on the people who have shaped my journey over the past 25+ years. I’ve been incredibly fortunate to work with clients, colleagues, mentors, and friends (many of whom check all of those boxes) who have trusted me, challenged me, and helped me grow along the way. And, of course, I’m especially grateful to my family, who have always been the “why” behind the journey. Thank you to Crain’s for the recognition, and congratulations to all of this year’s honorees. I’m proud to be included among such an amazing group of Chicago business leaders. 🔗 See press release here: hubs.la/Q04tc1sB0 🙏 A BIG THANK YOU TO... Andrew MacKenzie • Angela C. Williams • Bob Patton • Brian Kelly • David Neuman • Dillon Dieffenbach • Edna Conway • Ian Schneller • Jason Lipschultz • Jeff Valdes, CBCP • John Orlando • Karianne Michelle • Kevin W. Farrell, Ph.D. • Mark Gerstein • Dr. Mary Kay V., SPHR • Michael Yadgar • Michael Casey • Mike Chibbaro • Neil Novich • Nidhi Luthra • Norman Lonergan • Patrick Hopkins • Paul Bierbusse • Pilar Dostal • Ramesh Venkataraman • Ryan Sparks • Stephan Nicklow • Tom Coburn • William Lin • Yuri Goryunov • acceligence • EY • McKinsey & Company • NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) • Ravinia Festival • Indiana University - Kelley School of Business ...I would not be here today without you! ❤️

🎶 One of my favorite summer traditions is spending evenings at Ravinia Festival. Looking back through some of my favorite moments from last season, I'm reminded that Ravinia is about so much more than great performances. It's about time with family and friends, unforgettable summer evenings, and connecting through the universal language of music. Looking through my photos, there are far too many memories to fit into a single post. As we count down to Saturday's season kickoff, the anticipation feels even greater this year. The beautifully renovated Hunter Pavilion is ready to welcome audiences, the lawn is lush, and the park is buzzing with excitement. I can't wait to create more memories at one of my favorite places to spend a summer evening. I'm also incredibly proud that acceligence is a Mainstage Sponsor for such an important, mission-driven organization. Ravinia enriches our communities, brings people together, and makes the arts accessible. Supporting that mission is deeply important to us. If you haven't explored this year's lineup yet, I highly recommend taking a look at hubs.la/Q04pb59f0. Whether it's your first visit or your five hundredth, there's something special about discovering an artist you love - or a genre you've never experienced - packing a picnic, and enjoying an unforgettable evening under the stars. 🤘 Here's to another amazing season. I hope to see you there!

🔐 91% of users log in at their highest level of privilege. That’s not a tooling gap. That’s what happens when complexity wins, and humans do what humans always do - take the easy road. Always-on privileged access sticks around because it works…right up until it doesn't. Legacy systems, fragile integrations, and operational fear - sprinkled with a touch of process laziness - turn “temporary exceptions” into permanent risk. Multiply that by non-human identities, and things get spicy fast. Appreciate Evan Schuman for the smart, thoughtful reporting in CSO Online and for quoting me in this piece. It's a good look at why Privileged Access Management (PAM) is heading for a real reset - not because teams are careless, but because many of our access models were never designed for the environments we’re running today. Worth a read if you’re responsible for identity, risk, or explaining to a board why “least privilege” is harder than it sounds. 👉 csoonline.com/article/412318… #cybersecurity #identity #pam #risk #leadership

🌟 I’m super excited to welcome M.J. Vaidya as an Executive Advisor at @acceligence. I've gotten to know M.J. as someone who's actually lived at the intersection of cybersecurity, enterprise technology, and AI - not in theory, but in the chair. At a time when technology and cyber are converging, and the line between business strategy and technology strategy has all but disappeared, M.J. has led from the front. He's been accountable for outcomes, navigated real complexity, and tackled some of the hardest trust and emerging technology challenges that global organizations face today. One of the things I believe deeply is that leaders shouldn't have to slow down or learn the hard way when the stakes are high. Our executive advisors bring on-demand, real-world experience to help clients make better decisions faster - and M.J. embodies exactly what that looks like. I'm grateful for his innovative approach, his battle-tested track record, and the opportunity to build great things together.

✨ When I think about what makes an outstanding Executive Advisor, I look for three things: heart, head, and hands. ♥️ HEART - strong values, sound judgment, and a genuine care for people. 🧠 HEAD - deep expertise, insight, creativity, and the executive experience to see around corners. 👐 HANDS - the ability to turn strategy into action, communicate clearly, and actually get things done. That’s why I’m excited to welcome Michael Yadgar as an Executive Advisor at @acceligence. Michael brings all three (plus many more)... With three decades of board-level and executive experience, he has guided global enterprises through high-stakes transformation with operational discipline, technology foresight, and a people-first mindset. He knows how to lead complex change without losing momentum, trust, or humanity along the way. I’m thrilled to have Michael join our Executive Advisor team and look forward to the impact he’ll have on our clients and our work ahead. Welcome to the team, Michael. 🎉 🔗 Read more about Michael here: acceligence.com/talent/profi… 👥 Check out our growing Executive Advisor and board profiles here: acceligence.com/talent/profi… ✉️ Interested in joining? Drop us a line: acceligence.com/contact/

❌ Boards don’t need more cyber metrics; they need context. That context comes from leaders who understand the business, can articulate where risk lives, and can explain how today's strategy reshapes tomorrow's exposure and what we're going to do about it. I recently joined Paul John Spaulding on the Cybercrime Magazine Podcast to talk about why cyber resilience has become a core leadership competency. Not a technology problem to delegate, but a governance and decision-making challenge that shows up in the boardroom long before an incident or breach occurs. We discussed what actually differentiates organizations that handle cyber risk well: 🏭 CISOs who understand the business as deeply as they understand the threat landscape 🗜️ executive teams that practice decision-making under pressure ❓ boards that ask better questions because they’re given the right context The short version: resilience isn't built through controls and tools alone. It's built through clarity, preparation, and leadership. 🎧 Listen to the podcast and read the summary below 👇 or on acceligence.com/insights.

🥁 Ravinia Festival (ravinia.org) has always been about more than the music for me. It's walking through the park as the sun starts to dip, that unmistakable feeling that you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be. It's grabbing a scoop of Cappuccino Crunch 🍦 (IYKYK) and knowing summer has officially begun. It's singing along 🎤 to Weird Al, Charlie Puth, and James Taylor with my kids - sometimes on key, sometimes enthusiastically not - and realizing they are going to do the same with their kids. It's reconnecting with new and old friends 🤗 week after week, often without planning it, because Ravinia has a way of pulling people together. And it's seeing firsthand the impact Ravinia has beyond the lawn and the stage ❤️ - bringing music into the lives of communities through education, outreach, and access that changes lives. That's why I’m incredibly proud to share that @acceligence is supporting Ravinia Festival as a Mainstage Sponsor for the 2026 season. This partnership isn't about a logo on a program. It's about standing behind a place that creates pure joy, opens doors, and reminds us that culture, community, and coming together are essential - especially now. Big or small, support matters. If you're a company or organization looking for a way to give back, Ravinia is a wondrous place that brings magic into our lives every day. I'm grateful for the world-class Ravinia team, excited for what's ahead, and deeply honored to support an institution that has given my family (and so many others) memories we'll carry for a lifetime. 🎶

The secret formula for culture starts with values. I wrote about it in 2014. It’s still true. But values don’t matter unless they’re celebrated and encouraged. 🔗 justingreis.com/blog/2014/03… Today, we’re launching the acceligence values coin. Setting our values northstar from the very beginning anchors us to “the why” we’re on this journey and is the very foundation on which acceligence was founded. Culture isn’t what’s written. It’s what’s rewarded. The values coin exists to recognize the behaviors that actually define who we are and how we show up - in the moments that matter. No perks. No platitudes. No performance theater. Just values, made real.