Generated by All in One SEO Pro v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Kathy Keating Technology Advisor, Board Director, and CTO Executive Coach ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://kathkeating.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://kathkeating.com/blog/) - [What 1993 Tells Us About Where AI's Next Decade Gets Built](https://kathkeating.com/where-ai-next-decade-gets-built/) - In 1993, IBM cut 60,000 jobs. Wang collapsed. DEC ousted its founder. The talent released didn't found Twitter. They went somewhere to retool, and the companies they chose defined the next era. The same pattern is playing out now, with 125,000 cut so far in 2026 and counting. - [AI Strategy Alignment: The Decision Loop Gap Between CEOs and CTOs](https://kathkeating.com/ai-strategy-alignment-decision-loops/) - 72% of CEOs now own their company's AI decisions. But when the CEO hears "AI strategy" and means reimagine the work while the CTO hears it and means speed up the work, every downstream decision drifts, and the cost compounds quietly every quarter. - [Why AI-Powered Engineering Teams Ship More Code But Deliver Less Software](https://kathkeating.com/ai-ship-fast-but-delivery-slowdown/) - Engineering throughput is up 59%. Main branch success rates are at a five-year low. More code is entering the pipeline. Less of it is reaching your customers. The gap between those two numbers is a decision architecture problem, and it's costing you quarters, not days. - [Service Design Is the Only Moat AI Can't Replicate in a Weekend](https://kathkeating.com/service-design-is-the-only-moat-ai-cant-replicate-in-a-weekend/) - B2B software stocks have lost $2 trillion since January, and the story everyone's telling about why is wrong. The real threat isn't that AI is killing SaaS. It's that product is no longer a moat, and most CEOs haven't noticed what is. - [CPTO Roles Catalyze Growth](https://kathkeating.com/cpto-accelerates-growth/) - The rise of the CPTO role unites Product and Engineering under one leader. Discover why integrated technology leadership drives alignment, efficiency, and growth. - [Get your OKRs out of my GEMs](https://kathkeating.com/get-your-okrs-out-of-my-gems/) - Discover the GEMs framework focused on Goals, Experiments, and Measures. A simpler, more effective alternative to OKRs and SMART goals for driving real results. - [Give First: How a Simple Idea Changed My Career (and My Soul)](https://kathkeating.com/give-first-changed-my-career-and-soul/) - How embracing the Give First philosophy transformed my career and leadership. Lessons in generosity, mentorship, and trust from Techstars, Brad Feld, and beyond. - [High-Value Proof of Concepts Turn Assumptions Into Impact](https://kathkeating.com/high-impact-proof-of-concepts/) - Bold goals don’t fail because of lack of effort. They fail because assumptions go untested. Well-structured Proof of Concepts (PoCs) bridges that gap, turning uncertainty into clarity. Using a simple framework, you can design PoCs that validate the riskiest assumptions quickly, reduce wasted effort, and build the confidence your stakeholders need to move forward. - [Turning Experiments into Alignment](https://kathkeating.com/turning-experiments-into-alignment/) - A Proof of Concept doesn’t create impact on its own. It creates impact when others believe in it. Without stakeholder buy-in, even the best experiment risks being dismissed as tech tinkering. The key is to frame early experiments as business stories anchored in goals, assumptions, solutions, and evidence. - [The Power of Growth is in Giving First](https://kathkeating.com/give-first-personal-growth/) - One Thursday in 2014, as I aimlessly scrolled through my Facebook feed, a post caught my attention. It was a plea for technical mentors to gather in Boulder, CO over the upcoming weekend. Little did I know that stumbling upon this one post would become a turning point in my career, setting me on a path of personal growth and building a deep network of mutually supporting relationships. - [Becoming Comfortable with Change](https://kathkeating.com/elementor-12146/) - It’s highly likely that each of us wants to grow or improve in some way. Yet, when faced with an opportunity to step out of our comfort zone to grow, we freeze up, we create numerous excuses, or begin to blame others for creating mythical situations that supposedly prevent us from doing the work. - [Our role in effective decision making](https://kathkeating.com/making-effective-decisions/) - The progress we make in any area, work or personal, is a series of many decisions that add up to an outcome. If our initial decisions are faulty, then all the decisions that come after it are too. Sometimes we only get to positive outcomes after making 100s of decisions along the way. ## Pages - [Technology Advisor, Board Director, and CTO Executive Coach](https://kathkeating.com/) - Kathy Keating is a technology advisor for CEOs and boards, partnering with organizations to align technology strategy, leadership, and governance with business growth. - [Services](https://kathkeating.com/services/) - [About Kathy Keating](https://kathkeating.com/about-kathy-keating-cto/) - Kathy Keating is a technology advisor for CEOs and boards who helps organizations align technology leadership, governance, and growth through clarity, trust, and results. - [Governance, AI, and Risk](https://kathkeating.com/governance-ai-risk-boards/) - [CTO Advisory](https://kathkeating.com/cto-advisory/) - [CTO Executive Coach](https://kathkeating.com/cto-executive-coach/) - [Terms of Service](https://kathkeating.com/terms-of-service/) - Effective Date: April 22, 2025Business Name: KGK Consulting LLCBusiness Address: 2460 Red Hawk Place, Broomfield CO 80023 These Terms of Service govern your use of coaching, advisory, and consulting services provided by KGK Consulting LLC (“we,” “our,” or “us”) through the website https://kathkeating.com. By engaging with our services, you agree to the terms below, including - [Privacy Policy](https://kathkeating.com/privacy-policy/) - Effective Date: April 22, 2025 KGK Consulting LLC (“we”, “our”, or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://kathkeating.com. 1. Information We Collect We may collect: Personal Information: Your name, email address, ## Categories - [Lifestyle](https://kathkeating.com/category/lifestyle/) - [Leadership](https://kathkeating.com/category/leadership/) - [Operations](https://kathkeating.com/category/operations/) - [Strategy](https://kathkeating.com/category/strategy/) - [CTO Playbooks](https://kathkeating.com/category/cto-playbooks/) - So many technology leaders re-invent already solved problems. If there is a best practice for how to put a process into action, use the playbook, then focus your energy on true innovation. - [The Execution Gap](https://kathkeating.com/category/execution-gap/) - [Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://kathkeating.com/category/ai-artificial-intelligence/) ## Tags - [OKRs](https://kathkeating.com/tag/okrs/) - [SMART](https://kathkeating.com/tag/smart/) - [Goals](https://kathkeating.com/tag/goals/) - [GEMs](https://kathkeating.com/tag/gems/) - [Experiments](https://kathkeating.com/tag/experiments/) - [Metrics](https://kathkeating.com/tag/metrics/) - [decisions](https://kathkeating.com/tag/decisions/) - [dialog](https://kathkeating.com/tag/dialog/) - [effective dialog](https://kathkeating.com/tag/effective-dialog/) - [annie duke](https://kathkeating.com/tag/annie-duke/) - [change](https://kathkeating.com/tag/change/) - [bold](https://kathkeating.com/tag/bold/) - [courage](https://kathkeating.com/tag/courage/) - [personal growth](https://kathkeating.com/tag/personal-growth/) - [career growth](https://kathkeating.com/tag/career-growth/) - [give first](https://kathkeating.com/tag/give-first/) - [find startup cto](https://kathkeating.com/tag/find-startup-cto/) - [cpto](https://kathkeating.com/tag/cpto/) - [SDLC](https://kathkeating.com/tag/sdlc/)