Subject: Nutanix CIO Wendy Pfeiffer on IT’s Role in Enabling Hybrid Work

5 CIO Strategies for Managing Change in a New World of Work

If you listened to my recent conversation with Wendy Pfeiffer on the Tech Whisperers podcast, you got a sense of why I refer to her as “the CIO’s CIO.” She combines deeply nuanced, thoughtful approaches to some of the biggest challenges today’s digital leaders are facing with practical real-world solutions for implementing them.


After the show, we had a chance to dig deeper into Wendy’s leadership playbook, specifically the five-part series she produced for “The Forecast by Nutanix” on IT’s role in enabling hybrid work. Read on to pick up some of Wendy’s learnings from running IT at a hybrid-first company. This isn’t the same old story on hybrid!

Next Week! Textron’s Kim Mackenroth and Rockwell Automation’s Chris Nardecchia


My guests next week have much in common, from their parallel career paths to their leadership philosophies and experiences wearing multiple executive hats.


Kim Mackenroth is the Global CIO of Textron, a Fortune 302 multi-industry company with 33,000 employees worldwide. Chris Nardecchia, a CIO 100 Award winner, is the Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer of Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest pure play industrial automation and IoT company. Join us on Whisperers Wednesday as we unpack the transformation journeys and leadership playbooks of these two industry leaders.