Unfinished Business: Why I Joined Rapax as CEO
By Shawn Ennis | March 2026 I sold Assure1 to Oracle in 2021. Walked away with a check, a non-compete, and a quiet frustration I couldn’t shake. The problems that …
The Outcome Economy: Why Apps are the New Dinosaurs
The digital world just had a “Meteor Moment.” ☄️ If you’re still checking your phone every five minutes to jump between five different apps just to organize a dinner, you’re …
Architecting the Moat: Creating Your Innovation Playbook
The Defensibility Crisis In 2026, the traditional concept of a “sustainable competitive advantage” has been disrupted by Obsolescence Velocity. For the CIO and CTO, the challenge is no longer just …
What AI-First Really Means for Enterprise Operations
The defining business question of our era is deceptively simple: how do we leverage AI for sustainable competitive advantage? Yet the answer requires confronting uncomfortable truths about how we’ve structured …
It’s Time to Build – Transformation Leaders Podcast
Another podcast? Yes. I wanted to announce and share why I have joined with several colleagues to form a weekly podcast on digital transformation. Generative AI is such a business …
Reboots and Turnarounds: Changing your software development?
What is a turn-around? Having a conversation with a colleague yesterday around a “turn-around” project we are doing for a client. Going a new direction can be considered a negative …
