Dr. Dale Meyerrose, Retired Air Force Major General. He is the first President appointed, U.S. Senate confirmed Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Technology leaders find it increasingly difficult to differentiate those few things that matter from the many that seem to be important. If current discourse is reflective of thinking, then CIOs are stuck with a mindset and language that fails to inspire confidence within the C-suite, board of directors, and functional colleagues. By contrast, those who should depend on the CIO, rapidly moved the technology cheese without consultation and the bad guys changed the threat landscape with even greater speed, in spite of our best efforts. With over four decades of military, government, industry, and academic experience, this internationally recognized technology thought leader offers practical advice for CIOs in navigating the 21st Century digital world.