I Gave You Dollars. You Gave Me Capacity. | Newsday with The 229Project

August 7, 2026: Bill Russell sits down with Eric Utzinger (Revuud) while Sarah and Drex are out. The H1 2026 Signal Index put competing priorities and not enough capacity at the top of the list for 54% of leaders — and 43% said budgets are flat or declining. On this Newsday they dig into why AI ROI still feels muddy: tools return hours, not line-item dollars, and the CFO still needs the exchange rate. Along the way: operational transformation with real proof points, growth without growing, and a hard look at who actually belongs at the strategic table — including Bill on why an outside-only CIO hire can be a mistake.

Key Points:

• 01:27 54% Competing Priorities

• 06:03 Dollars for Capacity

• 08:48 Tanya Townsend: Operational Transformation

• 15:08 Growth Without Growing

• 19:56 Mistake to Hire Me

• 22:12 Speak Business at the Table

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