The Tuesday That Taught Me Everything About Trust What neuroscience, organizational theory, and lived experience reveal about building — and rebuilding — trust in 2025. "It took one 30-minute meeting to realize I’d lost something I thought I had in spades: my team’s trust. Here’s what happened—and the exact steps to win it back in 2025’s high-change world." About the Author I’m Jeffrey V. Cortez — a former CIO/CTO with over 20 years leading high-performance teams across educa

By Jeffrey Cortez  Visionary Tech Executive | AI Strategist & Advisor | Founder & Author | Grant Writer | K-12 Education Innovator | Champion of Human-Centered Innovation | Former Columbia University Instructor Most tech stacks aren’t outdated—they’re incomplete. Here’s why CIOs must stop building and start dismantling. Why This Matters Now Digital transformation has dominated corporate strategy decks for over a decade. Companies—from small businesses to global enterprises—ha

Every career is a journey, but not every journey is a straight line. Mine has been a roller-coaster—marked by soaring wins, humbling setbacks, and hard-won lessons about what it really means to lead. Through it all, I’ve discovered a truth that shapes the way I see my work today: technology is not about machines, systems, or code. It’s about people. It’s about trust, creativity, resilience, and the pursuit of meaning. In 2025, I reached a personal milestone I had dreamed abou

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