Halamka: What Keeps Me Up At Night - Fall 2013

...I do not mean to sound pessimistic in any way.  All of these challenges can be conquered.   For nearly 20 years, I've led an IT organization that has continuously delivered miracles with 1.9% of the operating budget.   I am ready for the challenges ahead but wonder if mergers/acquisitions, regulatory uncertainty, MU2 certification challenges, resource constraints, and real time demands will create a set of constraints that are impossible to optimize.

Given that my role is to understand all the constraints and find a path forward, it's the Kobayashi Maru scenario that keeps me awake at night .  As Captain Kirk figured out, if the rules of the game make it impossible to win, the only answer is to change the game.    I remain the eternal optimist and am convinced that if we all work as hard as we can, the rules of the game will be changed so that we can succeed...