SHI’s Research Breakdown
SHI’s Research Breakdown
Podcast Description
SHI’s Research Breakdown is your audio companion to SHI’s Research Roundup newsletter, offering sharp, focused conversations that take you beyond the headlines. Each episode dives deep into a single research topic from the newsletter, unpacking key insights, implications, and unanswered questions with subject matter experts from across the tech industry.
Whether it’s AI, cybersecurity, cloud strategy, or IT asset management, we break down the research so IT leaders, decision-makers, and curious minds can understand what it really means for their business and why it matters now. In about 15 minutes, you’ll be better equipped to lead in a rapidly evolving digital world.
Follow SHI’s Research Breakdown for a dose of clarity, context, and expert commentary—because the tech trends shaping tomorrow deserve more than a headline.
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The podcast delves into themes such as AI, cybersecurity, cloud strategy, and IT asset management, with episodes like the unpacking of Flexera’s 2025 State of ITAM Report highlighting issues like audit costs and software sprawl, offering key insights relevant to IT leaders and decision-makers.
SHI’s Research Breakdown is your audio companion to SHI’s Research Roundup newsletter, offering sharp, focused conversations that take you beyond the headlines. Each episode dives deep into a single research topic from the newsletter, unpacking key insights, implications, and unanswered questions with subject matter experts from across the tech industry.
Whether it’s AI, cybersecurity, cloud strategy, or IT asset management, we break down the research so IT leaders, decision-makers, and curious minds can understand what it really means for their business and why it matters now. In about 15 minutes, you’ll be better equipped to lead in a rapidly evolving digital world.
Follow SHI’s Research Breakdown for a dose of clarity, context, and expert commentary—because the tech trends shaping tomorrow deserve more than a headline.
In Part 2 of this two-part Research Breakdown series, host Victoria Barber is again joined by SHI colleagues Brad Pollard, Field CTO, and Marc Yoder, Field CISO, to continue unpacking 2026 technology predictions from InformationWeek and InvestorPlace that we featured in the January 23rd edition of the Research Roundup LinkedIn newsletter.
While Part 1 focused on cutting through AI hype and infrastructure distractions, this episode turns to two issues that may matter even more: workforce re-skilling and the conspicuous absence of quantum computing from most trend reports. The conversation explores what organizations are actually recruiting for in 2026, why curiosity and adaptability may matter more than specific technical credentials, and how learning organizations build long-term resiliency.
Then the discussion shifts to what Marc calls “the Y2K of our era”: quantum computing. From “harvest now, decrypt later” risks to the potential breaking of today’s cryptographic foundations, the team examines why quantum is not a distant theoretical problem, but a present-day strategic concern that many organizations still are not addressing.
Discussed in this episode:
- Why workforce re-skilling must be a formal pillar in 2026 strategy
- Hiring for adaptability and learning ability versus static technical skills
- The value of cross-disciplinary backgrounds in technology leadership
- Mentorship and learning cultures as foundations of organizational resiliency
- Why quantum computing is largely missing from 2026 trend conversations
- What “Q-Day” means for encryption and cybersecurity
- The real risk behind “harvest now, decrypt later” data strategies
- Why quantum is a strategic risk even if you don’t understand the math
- The critical executive question: Who owns the quantum plan inside your organization?
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