In today's volatile environment, disciplined risk management and adaptive change leadership are essential for technology leaders. The constant volatility has upended carefully crafted tech strategies, budgets, and priorities, leaving technology leaders feeling unsure and overwhelmed. However, there is a way to navigate the chaos, regain control, and lead people through difficult times. This session will explore how to detect and decide which risks to take in pursuit of strategic goals, using the Three Es framework to identify risks within the enterprise, ecosystem, and external environment. Next, we’ll cover specific levers to optimize IT investments helping you to rationalize portfolios and identify quick wins to cut costs and prioritization for complex long-term initiatives. Join us to gain insights on creating a resilient, secure, and future-ready IT infrastructure that thrives in uncertainty. Key takeaways: Learn how to identify and manage risks across your enterprise, ecosystem, and external environment using the Three Es framework. Discover strategies to streamline your tech stack, reduce costs, and enhance performance through portfolio rationalization and automation.Understand how to balance long-term strategies with the ability to adapt to rapid changes, focusing on both processes and people.Gain insights on building a secure, AI-ready, and future-proof IT infrastructure that can thrive in times of uncertaintyTarget audience level: beginner and intermediate

Economic insecurities are forcing executives and business leaders to revisit cost optimization with much higher expectations. How can you make the biggest impact with lasting benefits rather than one-time reductions? Let’s talk about ways to shift the discussion from short-term cost cutting to a strategic cost optimization mindset. This conversation will be hosted by Linda Ivy-Rosser and Lauren Nelson, VP, research directors at Forrester, and will include open discussion with participants, so please bring your questions and experiences to share with the group. Questions for discussion:Where are organizations maintaining current investment?How do I obtain greater enterprise intelligence to connect budgets with specific investments?How do I rethink the fundamentals and our core business assumptions? How do we build an optimization mindset? Peer discussions are available exclusively to Forrester Decisions VIP Leaders and Leader license holders for their own participation.