Epic's Pace Is Blistering: Can You Absorb the Roadmap? | Newsday with 229Project

August 24, 2026: Bill Russell, Sarah Richardson, and Drex DeFord debrief Epic UGM from the week they were in the room. Last year was aspirational. This year has a roadmap, and the pace is blistering enough to consume an entire IT shop. Drex's read: a lot of CIOs have already conceded technical innovation to Epic. What is left is implementation, scale, and governance. Sarah's test: distinguish integration from dependency. The constraint is not whether Epic can ship. It is how much you can absorb, what it costs, and whether operations will own the work.

Key Points:

• 00:00 Epic can consume your entire IT shop

• 06:23 Conceding innovation to Epic

• 07:49 The pace is blistering

• 11:14 Rangers, Gold Star, and your career

• 19:45 The dollars are in operations

• 22:01 The CIO role is bifurcating

LinkedIn: 229Project

Donate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer