Sanjay Kumar Mohindroo

When the Pressure Mounts.  A senior CIO shares a simple four-question framework to evaluate IT investments under pressure, helping leaders make sharper, high-stakes decisions. A Simple Framework to Evaluate IT Investments Under pressure, most IT investment decisions deteriorate. Urgency replaces clarity. Noise replaces judgment. Leaders approve projects they would normally challenge, or delay decisions that demand speed. After three decades in global boardrooms, I have seen one pattern repeat: the problem is not the investment. It is the way it is evaluated. This article lays out a simple framework built for pressure situations. It strips away complexity and forces decisions back to first principles. It also challenges a widely held belief that speed and scale should dominate investment thinking. If you are making high-stakes technology decisions with incomplete information, this is the discipline that protects both capital and credibility. The Real Problem Is Not the Technology In...

Outcome Before Spend. Rethinking IT portfolios through results, not receipts Outcome-driven portfolio management shifts IT spend from cost control to real impact across growth, speed, and trust. IT spend means little without results. This piece challenges leaders to rethink portfolios through outcomes that matter. Most IT portfolios still run on habit. Budgets roll forward. Projects get funded because they existed last year. Success gets claimed when systems go live, not when business results show up. This approach feels safe, yet it drains value. Outcome-driven portfolio management breaks this loop. It starts with intent, not tools. It measures progress in business terms, not technical tasks. It treats funding as a flow that follows proof, not promises. This shift does not reject discipline. It sharpens it. For senior IT leaders, this is not a method tweak. It is a change in stance. From spending to outcomes. From delivery to impact. From static plans to living portfolios. This post m...