Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
June 10, 2026 | Live Webinar
Building the Right Bench
As an avid college football fan, it was always interesting to watch teams during this stage of the season when the cream begins to rise to the top. Unfortunately, my team is nowhere near the top--and much closer to the bottom. One of the keys that I see in separating the “cream” from “creamed” is the experience level of the players on the field and the depth of skilled players in a particular position. The depth factor is especially important as players often get injured, fatigued or have off field troubles at this point in the season.
A perfect example of this dynamic occurred in the Ohio State/Penn State game on Oct. 25, 2008, where an inexperienced freshman quarterback for Ohio State fumbled the ball on a key play and a second string quality quarterback for Penn State took over their offense cold and led them to a win.
An IT organization is much the same as a football team. There are many skilled positions throughout the organization, and the organizations that have predictability, stability and efficiency are ones that have both experience and depth in those skill positions. For example, in an infrastructure organization, telecommunications and networking skills are critical to delivering quality services. It is very important to have experienced players to plot the strategy and architecture and depth in key areas like IP …
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