Beyond the Waterfall: How Veteran IT Leaders Can Bridge the Agility Gap Over nearly three decades in IT leadership and consulting, I’ve had a front-row seat to the most profound technological shifts in modern history. I’ve worked with global corporations and nimble NGOs, witnessing firsthand the patterns of success and failure. Through it all, I’ve come to recognize a quiet, yet powerful, paradox: the very experience that forges a successful career can, if we’re not careful, become an anchor in an ocean of relentless change. Many of us built our careers on the bedrock of predictable, structured methodologies. We were the architects of certainty, implementing massive ERP systems and managing multi-year projects with the discipline of a military campaign. But the ground has shifted beneath our feet. The pace of innovation has outstripped our traditional playbooks, creating a critical "agility gap" that threatens to make our hard-won wisdom obsolete. This isn't a question of...