Between Fires and Futures: Real Conversations for Tech Leaders Navigating What’s Now—and What’s Next
By Tonya Turrell
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Between Fires and Futures is the podcast for modern tech leaders caught in the constant tension of today and tomorrow.
It’s the space between daily firefights—cloud issues, AI hype, security breaches—and the visionary work of building scalable, resilient, future-ready organizations.
Each week, we talk with the strategists, technologists, and innovators doing the real work of leading change. These are unfiltered conversations that expose the tradeoffs, wins, and lessons no one puts in the case studies.
No spin. No fluff. Just pressure-tested leadership, real-world insight, and bold thinking.
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The Cheapest Decision in IT Is the Most Expensive One: Why Mid-Market Tooling Choices Are Quietly Capping Your AI Strategy with Corey Wisdon
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May 25, 2026 |
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Everyone’s Talking About AI, But No One’s Saying This with Raheela Nanji
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May 18, 2026 |
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AI Is Exposing Security Gaps Most Companies Don’t See: Why Reactive Security is Failing And What IT Leaders Need To Do Next with John Fraser
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May 11, 2026 |
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Your Employees Already Work From Anywhere, Your Infrastructure Doesn’t with Jess Jorgensen
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May 04, 2026 |
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What IT Leaders Still Get Wrong About Data in the AI Era with NetApp’s Ray LaMarca
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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AI Isn’t a Tool. It’s a Coworker: Why data and autonomous development will define the next era of software with Rich Walker
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Telecom Is Quietly Draining Your IT Budget. Here’s How to Fix It with Socium IT’s Stephen Hancock
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Your AI Strategy Is Already a Cyber Risk with Scott Alldridge
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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The Zero Trust Illusion: Why Most Organizations Aren’t There Yet with Scott Alldridge
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Why IT Projects Stall. Talent Decisions That Quietly Derail Delivery with Limitless Staffing’s Clayton Dinger
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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The Unspoken Rules of Women Leading in Tech: Power, Bias, and Advancement with Jossie Haines
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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The IT Buyer Has Changed. What IT Leaders Really Want from Tech Partners with Global Consulting Group’s Lara Mayes & Leslie Bonsett
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Your AI ROI Lives or Dies on Adoption with Robyn Anderson
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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The Human Blindspot: Why Employees Still Fall for Scams with Cybersecurity Expert Robert Siciliano
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Leading IT Without Panic: Decisions, Security, and AI in a High-Pressure Era with Manuel Ruiz
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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The Invisible Load of IT Leadership: Pressure, Clarity, and Decision-Making in the AI Era with Dave Zaron
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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AI Grew Up Fast: Reasoning Models, Agents, and What Leaders Do Next with Dell’s Allen Clingerman
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Toxic MSPs: The Silent Threat Inside Your IT Strategy with Z7’s Zack Aleksic
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Cool Again: What IBM’s Reinvention Signals for IT Leaders Right Now with IBM’s Josh Kropf
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Stop the AI Chaos: How to Start Where It Actually Matters with Sciata CEO, Michelle Tinsley
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Inside the Hacker’s Mind: How IT Leaders Can Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats with Z7’s Zack Aleksic
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Getting Started with AI: What to Do First, What to Avoid, and How to Win Quick with Josh Einstein, ConRes
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Cybersecurity Won’t Save You. Resilience Will with CTO Justin Young
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Leadership vs. Management: What IT Leaders Must Master with Maxwell Leadership's Mike Lyles
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Leading with Presence in the Age of AI with Leslie Ann Keeler
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Stop the Budget Bleed: How IT Leaders Can Unlock Hidden Dollars with Leslie Bonsett
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Power Is the New Currency: AI Adoption vs. Infrastructure Reality for CIOs with Joel St. Germain
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Why Women Are Essential to Transforming IT Leadership in the Age of AI with Leslie Bonsett, April Armijo, Lara Mayes
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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From Firefighting to Forward Thinking – Automation for the Modern IT Leader with Chris Miller, Advizex
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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The IT Leader Has Evolved – Are You Still Just a Technologist? with Jason Frame, Southern Nevada Health District
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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The Cost of Complexity – How IT Leaders Can Rein in Cloud Spend without Killing Innovation with Martin Hauskrecht, Labyrinth Labs
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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IT Can’t Do it Alone – Solving the AI Adoption Gap with Steve Grosso & Danny Jones, Advizex
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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The Tech Buying System Is Broken—Here’s What I’m Doing About It
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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AI at the Speed of Light: Allen Clingerman on Data, Infrastructure & the New Era of Tech Leadership
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May 16, 2025 |