# The Next Great Tech Leader Won’t Be a Technologist | Patrick Adesso

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Podcast: [Leadership Language](https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-language-7922096)
Published: 2026-09-22T12:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of the Leadership Language Podcast, I’m joined by CIO and technology leader Patrick Adesso for a conversation about what AI is changing — not just in software development, but in technology leadership itself. Most IT leaders who get passed over are not short on effort. They deliver, they lead, they put in the work. The harder truth: the skills that made you the best operator are the same ones keeping you out of the executive seat. The business sees a technologist, not a leader. And no one ever explains how to change that. That is the work I do. I help IT Directors and VPs make the jump to the executive level. It starts with a short private diagnostic. It shows you which of the things holding you back is costing you the most, and where you stand against the leaders who already made the jump. For the right fit, it opens into the Executive Leap Session: A private 45-minute session, one on one with me I read your full diagnostic before we talk A straight read on where you actually stand The one or two things holding you back, specific to you The move that matters next 45 minutes with a former CIO, normally something leaders pay for. Take the diagnostic and find out where you stand. Take the diagnostic → ⁠https://www.tingleleadership.com/⁠ Patrick believes the next great technology leader may not be the strongest traditional technologist. They may be the person who can communicate, create, exercise judgment, understand the business, and orchestrate people and AI toward a clear outcome. We talk about Patrick’s journey from aviation and software development to technology leadership, why he still writes and ships software himself, and why staying close to the work has helped him build trust with his teams and connect technology to real business outcomes. Patric…

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